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PREFACE. I of Congre ss 

I WASHINGTON 



In presenting this little book to the reading public, I 
will say. it is not written for the benefit of the critics, 
Theologists, Philosophers, Infidels, or fools. For the fool 
sayeth in their heart there is no trod. But it is specially 
written for those that are searching after the truth, that 
they may receive light, to light them through the dark 
theories of this wicked world, and secure to themselves a 
seal of eternal life. I have as much as possible avoided 
any pretensions of Theology, or so-called false Philosophy. 
The book is intended to reach more of that class of people 
that have never reached the higher education, who get 
mystified in theological explanations. While this is the 
case the Theologian, the Philosopher, the Minister, the 
Critic, and the fool, may find something in the work that 
may give them light, as the highway of Holiness is so 
plain that a wayfaring man, though a fool, shall not err 
therein. And then God has chosen the weak things of 
earth to confound the mighty. 

I was born in Franklin County, Pa., May 10th, 1882. 
Joined the U. B. Church at 11 years of age. Traveling 
a great deal, I have belonged to the M. E. and U. B. 
Church alternate as circumstances placed me. Have been 
a close Bible student all these years, but my trouble was 
like hundreds of the present day, I studied other men's 
theories of the Word of God, and accepted them in place 
of accepting the plain unvarnished truth, as it is written 
in God's Holy Word. I always believed there was a 
higher life, but never knew just how to line out the dis- 
tinction between justification and sanctification, or the 
higher life. I lived an up and down life all these years. 



II 

Wesley's works were the first to give me light, but Sancti- 
fication and the baptism of the Holy Ghost was so seldom 
preached in the pulpit, that I received no light, so that I 
had both an inward and outward warfare going on con- 
tinually. I was called to preach the gospel, but could 
not get a license to do so without a compromise with the 
devil, that is, conform strictly to the theories of the 
church which was contrary to the dictates of my con- 
science. I then exhorted and preached occasionally for 
a time without heeding the church, but was condemned 
by the ministers; and yet they would tell me I was called 
to preach, but I must learn their theology. Thus I some- 
times seemed to be on the mountain top betimes, then 
again away down in the valley covered in fog and mist. 
And after nearly 50 years of this kind of life the Holiness 
people came to our place, and more from their wonderful 
earnestness, than their knowledge of interpretation of 
the word, putting the word in spiritual power, I began to 
search the word on the line of Sanctification and Holiness, 
and 0, what light broke into my soul, when I saw that 
there was two special conditions to the covenant of grace: 
first, justification in the forgiveness of our actual sins 
committed, putting us in a state of probation to go on 
and complete the covenant by doing His will, and get the 
seal of the covenant through Sanctification and baptism 
of the Holy Ghost, placing ourselves on the last proba- 
tion for eternal life, being sealed by the blood, and having 
the comforter, this seal only being given to those who 
have complied to the terms of the covenant, w T hich is to 
have the old Adam purged out. I immediately complied 
with the terms, and now live gloriously saved, having the 
covenant sealed and His promise sure, if I trust in Him, 



Ill 

Now, after getting this experience, I asked the Lord to 
tell me what He wanted me to do. I told him I was old; 
memory, sight, and hearing, naturally, through much 
affliction, somewhat deranged or weakened, yet if He 
would show me what to do I would do it; that I wished 
to do like Sampson, who slew more in the day of his 
death, than he slew in all his life. The spirit said write 
a book on Sanctification and Holiness, you can reach 
more souls than any other way, and after you are gone 
home, your works will follow you. I reasoned but there 
are so many books on these points, written by men 
superior to me in talent and education, that my meagre, 
attempts to explain such a great question, that is now 
agitating the public mind, would only be winked at with 
scorn and derision. The spirit saith humble thyself be- 
fore the Lord; have I not chosen the weak things of earth 
to confound the mighty; doest thou, poor worm, dictate 
to the Almighty. Knowest thou not that the wisdom of 
God is foolishness to man; have I not chosen you for this 
purpose. Write thou now, this book, I will guide and 
direct thy mind; trust in God. Believing that the Holy 
Spirit has directed me, I present it to the reading world 
in its simplicity, hoping and trusting that God will make 
it the means of bringing souls to the light and truth, as 
written in His w r ord. And if it be the means of bringing 
but one soul to God, it will pay for all the pains I have 
taken. I have just written as I believe the spirit dictated. 
I now remain the unworthy servant of God and friend of 

the reader. 

JACOB R. McFARREN, 

Gainesville, Texas. 
September 10th, 1893. 



SANCTIFICATION AND HOLINESS. 



First, Ave will try to show what we must do, and what 
God wants us to do in relation to sanctifi cation, sin and 
holiness, and his will towards us, in these matters. 1 
Thess. 4:3, 4. This is the will of God, even your sancti- 
tieation, that ye should abstain from fornication: That 
every one of you should know how to possess his vessel 
in sanctification and honor. Now if it be the will of God, 
then it is essential that we do His will. Ver. 7. For 
God hath not called us to uncleanness, but unto holiness. 
Ver. 8. He, therefore, that despiseth, despiseth not man, 
but God, who hath also given unto us His Holy Spirit. 
(Read the 8th verse again thoughtfully.) Matt. 5:48. 
Be ye perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. 
What, blessed Jesus, Master, do you tell us, and even 
command us to be perfect ? even as our Father in heaven 
is perfect? How could you say such a thing, when you 
knew that in these last times, perilous times would come? 
w T hen men and women would not endure sound doctrine. 

Yea, but I, even I your Saviour Jesus Christ, say in 
Matt. 6:22-23: The light of the body is the eye: if, there- 
fore, thine eye being single, thy whole body shall be full 
of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall 
be full of darkness; if therefore, the light that is in thee 
be darkness, how great is that darkness. For (Matt. 6- 
24) no man can serve two masters: for either he will hate 



the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the 
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. The Psalmist says: (Psa. 4:4) Stand in awe, 
and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your 
bed, and be still. Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and 
put your whole trust in the Lord. For (7, 8 verses) thou 
hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time 
that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay 
me down in peace and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest 
me dwell in safety. Gen. 4:7. If thou dost well, shalt 
thou not be accepted? and if thou dost not well, sin lieth 
at the door. Job. 10:6, speaking to God: " Thou know- 
est that I am not wicked; and there is none that can 
deliver out of thine hand. (Praise the Lord for such 
trust.) Psa. 32:1, 2. Blessed is he whose transgression 
is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man 
unto whom the Lord imputeth not in iniquity, and in 
whosespirit thereis no guile. (Read Psa. 119, chap, and 
also the 11th verse.) Prov. 14:34. Righteousness ex- 
alteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. For 
Isaiah says (Isa. 30:1): Woe to the rebellious children, 
saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that 
cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they 
may add sin to sin. (I was told by a minister while 
writing this, that it meant the w r icked. Yes, the church 
wicked, who try to cover their sin by saying you can't 
live without sin, making out God a liar. This is their 
covering, not of God's spirit. May God by his wisdom 
guide and direct both my mind and pen that I may be 
able to show that we must live without committing sin, 
and that we must be sanctified by His truth and walk in 



the way of holiness, in this life, or we can never see God 
in peace, and receive eternal life. For without holiness 
no man shall see God. John 12:9. Behold the Lamb 
of God which taketh away the sin of the world. (What 
is the sin of the world? the adamic nature inherited that 
causes you to commit sins.) John 5:14. Behold thou 
art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall 
you, or come unto thee. (Now this man was made whole, 
the w r ork complete.) Paul says that you must not con- 
tinue in sin. Rom. 6:1, 2. 8, What shall we say to 
them? "Shall w T e continue in sin, that grace may 
abound?" God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to 
sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many 
of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized 
into His death. 6th Verse. Knowing this, that our old 
man is crucified with him, (what for?) that the body of 
sin might be destroyed, (Why?) that henceforth we 
should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from 
sin. (Now r that old man is Adam or the adamic sin that 
we inherited from Adam, and the new man Christ Jesus 
is put on w r ho was without sin. Glory be to God for the 
witness of His spirit to this truth. 8th Verse. Now if 
we be dead with Christ, (How? to sin) we believe that 
we shall also live with him. (Praise Plis holy name.) 
11th Verse. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be 
dead indeed unto sin, but made alive unto God through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 12th Verse. Let not sin therefore 
reigh in your mortal bodies, that ye should obey it in the 
lusts thereof. Now He tells you in Rom. 6:16: Know 
ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to 
obey, His servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of 



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sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness. 22d 
Verse. But now being made free from sin, and become 
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and 
the end everlasting life. 23d Verse. For the wages of 
sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. (Hallelujah.) Rom. 8:1. There 
is, therefore, now no condemnation to them which are in 
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the 
spirit. ( Why Paul ?) 2nd Verse. For the law of the spirit 
of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of 
sin and death. Repent therefore ye sinners, the time is 
short. Rom. 11:9. For He will finish the work, and cut 
it short in righteousness: because a short work will the 
Lord make upon the earth. (Blessed are the pure in heart 
for they shall see God.) 1 Cor. 15:34. Awake to right- 
eousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge 
of God; I speak this to your shame. 1 Cor. 16:58 There- 
fore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, immovable, 
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as 
ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 
(Praise the Lord.) Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, 
quit you like men, be strong in the power of His might. 
(But a few days gone since that a professed christian in- 
sulted my zealousness for the pure name of my Master, 
by saying that even Christ sinned, he presumed that I 
must be as ignorant of the Scriptures as himself. Poor 
blind sinner. But we are told not to cast our pearls 
before swine. Therefore we will turn to those that will 
hear. Rom. 13:14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, 
and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts 
thereof. Rom. 14:17. For the kingdom of God is not 
meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy 



in the Holy Ghost. (Praise the Lord hallelujah.) What 
is that meat and drink, spoken of here? Rom. 15:18. 
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in 
believing, that ye may abound in hope, through (What?) 
the power of the Holy Ghost. Let us now accept brother 
Paul, and his teachings for just what God elected him for, 
a preacher of righteousness to the gentiles. For He saith 
in Acts 26:18: That he was sent to open their eyes, and 
turn them from darkness to light, and the power of satan 
unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and 
inheritance among them, (among whom?) them that are 
sanctified by faith that is in me. (Them that are sancti- 
fied, not them that will or maybe, but them that are 
already sanctified. So you see there were some that were 
already sanctified nearly 1900 years ago, and under the 
same gospel that is preached to us, for he, Paul was chosen 
to preach the gospel to us, the gentiles, chosen by the Lord. 
And in John 17:14 to 21 verses, Jesus prays to the Father 
after this wise, sanctify them through thy truth: (Who, 
the Deciples, or the Apostles.) Now he says, as thou hast 
sent me into the world, even so have I sent them into the 
world. (How?) And for their sakes I sanctify myself, 
(Why?) that they also might be (What?) sanctified 
through the truth. ( Well, but says the doubter, this meant 
the Apostles. 20th Verse. Neither pray I for these alone, 
(Who else Jesus?) but for them also which shall believe 
on me through their word; (What for?) That they all 
may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee; 
(Why? that they also may be one in us: (Who is us?) 
the Father and Son. And the glory which thou gavest 
me I have given them; (What the glory that Christ had? 



What is the glory?) that they be made perfect in one. 
(How?) As thou Father art in me, (plainly, sanctified 
and made free from sin; for we are to walk in the foot- 
steps of the Saviour, and His footsteps left no stain of 
sin, and His ways was ways of holiness. Now in the 15th 
verse He says that He prays not that He should take 
them out of the world, but that He should keep them 
from evil. (What evil?) Why, sin of course, for sin is 
the evil of the world. And as Christ was free from sin 
so must we be, by His grace, or we will never see God in 
peace. (But, says the doubter, I can't see it that way; 
no sir, nor you never will until you get that self-conceit 
out of you; this is God's word; it is truth; and if you 
don't take Him at His word, you make (_iod a liar, and 
you will hive to take or suffer the penalty of unbelief. 
(But you say the Bible teaches that all men have not 
faith.) It is only because you are too selfish; you want 
to know more than God; you are proud of your little 
wisdom; self-willed and stubborn, you won't humble 
yourself, and take God at His word; you say God is mer- 
ciful, loving and kind; that He will let you go on in your 
ungodly stubborn, proud, selfish ways; that you don't 
have to do all God's word tells you to do; that only a part 
of it was meant for you to do; you say in your sin stained 
heart, that God is not as particular to what you believe 
or say, as He expresses in His word; you seem to think 
that by some of your shrewdness you will escape hell. 

But let me tell you, God's law must be obeyed; His 
will must be performed in you, and by you, or you will 
be damned, as sure as you now live. It always has been 
the rebellious that suffered the vengeance of a sin aveng- 



ing God, and He always will avenge the wicked, for ven- 
geance belongeth to me saith the Lord. It is the un- 
believing that will be lost. For if you believe in your 
heart, you will do what He bids you do. Repent and 
believe; then it follows tha>t you love God from the pure 
motive which is in your faith towards God; you accept 
His word as truth and good works will follow. You are 
afraid of persecution; " Christ suffered for us." 

1 Peter 2:21, 22. For hereunto were ye culled: because 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye 
should follow after His steps: Who did no sin; neither 
was guile found in his mouth. 

1 Pet. 2:21, 22. For hereunto were ye called: because 
Christ also suffered. (Yes, all will suffer persecution that 
stand up for his truth; those that seek for popularity are 
afraid to speak the truth.) 24th Verse. Jesus himself 
bare our sins in His own body on the tree, (What for?) 
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteous- 
ness: (Now,thereisnosin in righteousness) consequent!}' 
if we live unto righteousness, we must live without sins, 
because Christ was righteous, was without sin in the 
Avorld, he bare our sins on the tree, made the sacrifice once 
for all, and when he pardons us he pardons indeed. Read 
Isa. 53:9, 10; Luke 23:41; John 8:46, 47. 

2 Cor. 5:21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, 
who knew no sin, (What for?) that we might be made 
the righteousness of God in him. (Now if we be made 
the righteousness of Gocl in Christ, by believing on him, 
and certainly in the righteousness of God is no sin.) 
Then have we no sin, if we be made the righteousness of 
God through Christ. (Again I say we are to follow the 
footsteps of Christ, and in him was no sin.) 



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Heb. 4:15. And this man Christ was given for our 
example, (Why?) that we should follow after his foot- 
steps. (How? Why to live without sin in this ungodly 
world.) 

1 Pet. 2:21, 22. For even hereunto were ye called: 
because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, 
that ye should follow his steps. (Live without sin.) 22 
Verse. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his 
mouth. How many poor deluded souls quote for their 
defense. 

1 John 1:8. If we say that we have no sin. we deceive 
ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (How quick one 
that loves to sin will grasp at a straw to cover their sin: 
and this is a straw sure enough.) Now, who is he speak- 
ing about here? He says in the 4th verse: And these 
things I write unto you. that your joy may be full. 5th 
Verse. This then is the message which we heard of him. 
(Who? why Christ) and declare unto you (What is the 
message?) that God is light, and in Him is no darkness 
(sin) at all. 6th Verse. If we say that we have fellow- 
ship with Him, and walk in darkness, (sin) we lie, and 
do not the truth. 7th Verse. But if we walk in the 
light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with 
another. (What then?) and the blood of Jesus Christ, His 
Bon, (Does what?) cleanseth (Who?) us (From what?) 
all sin, s-i-n. Not from our sins, but from all s-i-n. the 
old Adamic sin of inheritance, the very sin that Christ 
died to redeem us from. For when the cause is removed 
there will be no effect, and when the seed is dead there 
will be no production of fruit. We have already proved 
that we die to sin, therefore there can be no fruit of sin 



unless we let the devil sow more seed in our hearts. When 
we die to sin Jesus plants the seed of righteousness in our 
hearts, and it brings forth fruit unto holiness. 

Now John explains in the 10th verse just what he meant 
in the 8th verse. He says: If we say we have not sinned, 
we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us (His 
truth). That means emphatically, before we accepted the 
truth, His word. 7th Verse. His blood cleanseth from 
all sin, and 9th verse; If we confess our sins. (What 
sins?) I say the sins we had before we had the light, 
before we accepted the truth, His word. Now again, here 
is another bugaboo, to so many Christians: 

John 2:1, 2. And if a man sin, we have an advocate 
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and He is the 
propitiation for our sins: (that is the sins of commission,) 
and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole 
world. (Now this language sounds very much to my 
mind as though this meant the sins committed before our 
reconciliation with Christ, because in the 3rd verse He 
says, and hereby we do know, that we know Him, if we 
keep His commandments. (Now if we keep His command- 
ments, we will not commit sin.) 4th Verse. He says he 
that saith I know him, and keepeth- not His command- 
ments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (Now if we 
keep His commandments, w r e will not sin, because He 
commands us to be perfect as He is perfect, and Holy as 
He is holy; and that is without sin.) 6th Verse. He 
that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to 
walk, (How?) even as He walked without sin. But ad- 
mitting that it meant sins committed after being born of 
God, would you presume on the mercy of God to the 



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extent of sinning against Him every day just because He 
was merciful? Would you presume to knock me down 
every day, just because I took no offense the first time 
you did so? No, and you have too much sense to think 
God will pardon you every day, for it says that He can- 
not look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. My 
dear brother do not try any longer to cover up your sin 
because you think you can excuse yourself before men, 
by saying you believe the word of God justifies you in 
sin. You are wrong my brother. You say God knows 
your heart. Yes, I say so too; and remember sin is of 
the devil, and when you sin the devil becomes your father, 
and if the devil be your father, then is God no longer 
your father, and you are yet in your sins. May God help 
these whining professing Christians to get the devil out 
of them, root and branch, and be no more stumbling 
blocks in the way of sinners; for their eyes are upon you, 
and if they stumble over you into hell, be sure they will 
catch you at the weakest point and drag you down with 
them. Even John is speaking here to his little children 
who was converted through his ministry, yet babes in 
Christ, and he was trying to teach them to abide in God 
and become establised, so that they could not sin, for love 
of Christ. For he saith in the 10th verse, that he that 
abideth in Him (liod) hath none occasion to stumble, 
loth verse. He says, love not the world, (What else?) 
neither the things that are in the world. 16th verse, if 
any man love the world, the Father is not in him. (Why 
John?) Because 16:17 verse, all that is in the world 
passeth away, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, 
and the lust of the eye, it is not of the Father, but of the 



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world, and the world and the lust thereof passeth away, 
but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. (What 
is the will of God?) Even your sancti fixation. (What 
is sanctification?) To be made free from sin, and as Paul 
says, let not sin re'gn in your mortal bodies; here Paul says 
bodies, now you say you don't sin in the soul, but in the 
flesh. -Paul says you must not let sin reign in your mor- 
tal bodies. What else is your mortal body but the flesh. 
And now John says, (1 John 20) But ye have an unction 
from the Holy One, and ye know all things. (Now unc- 
tion, means annointing, Divine or sanctifying grace.) 
John here is speaking to the sanctified ones, because he 
says they have an unction from the Holy One, knowing 
that if these brethren were sanctified, that they were 
annointed by the Holy One, which means the Holy Ghost 
here. And he knew that they knew, what they were to 
do, for the Holy Spirit would guide them. For he says, 
21st verse: I have not written unto you because ye know 
not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is 
of the truth. Now, John knew that they knew the truth, 
but cautioned them for fearsome might stumble and deny 
the Christ, by some careless step, knowing that there were 
many ways to deny Christ, in words, deeds, and acts, and 
thereby become an antichrist, for he says in the 22d verse, 
who says that Jesus is not the Christ, is a liar, and he is 
antichrist. Now you deny him by saying that he is not 
able to cleanse you from all sin, or if you admit that he 
can cleanse you from all sin, and deny that he can and 
will keep you from sin if you trust in him, you deny his 
word, and become an antichrist. If you say he will par- 
don you every day, you deny his- word, and when you do 



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not His commandments every day, for His command- 
ment is to do no sin. Then again you deny his word, 
and become antichrist. And if you say we cannot become 
sanctified in this world, you deny Him. Read 1 John 17. 
And if you say we can't live holy lives on earth you deny 
him, and are antichrist, for he says be ye holy even as 
I am holy. (That means without sin in the world.) 
Now my beloved, we must watch and pray every hour, so 
that we will not become antichrists in word, deed, thought 
or action, for I tell you there is great danger, for if you 
deny Him in your acts and words, you deny Him in all. 
Gods word is truth, and his word is God, as it says in 
John 1:1. In the beginning was the word, and the word 
was with God, and the word w r as God. 4th Verse. In 
Him was life; and the life w r as the life of men. 14th Verse. 
And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and 
we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of 
the Father, full of grace and truth. Now this same word, 
that w r as made flesh and dwelt among men, prayed to the 
Father in John 17:19. And for their sakes I sanctify 
myself, (What for?) that they also might be sanctified 
through the truth, (What truth?) I answer Gods word, 
for his word is truth, and it is God. Yes; you say that 
means the Apostles,— let us see. 20th Verse. Neither 
pray I for these alone, (Who else Lord?) but for them 
also which shall believe on Me through their word. But 
you tell me that means the Apostolic age and only those 
that hear the Apostles preach it. Poor, poor blind and 
wilfully ignorant, self-willed brother, does not Jesus say 
for them also that shall believe on Him through their 
word? And is their word not written so that we may 



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believe it? It says through their word, and not by the 
words of their mouth. Now why were they to be sancti- 
fied? 80 they would believe the truth, so that they might 
be one in Christ Jesus, even as the Father and Jesus were 
one. Now if we are made one, then we must be without 
sin in the world, because the Father and Son were one 
without sin. Then if we be made one in Christ Jesus, as 
he and the Father are one, and they be one without sin, 
how can we be one in him, with sin in us. Yes you say 
but that means that we are sanctified and free from sin 
only when we die, or in some future time or place. Wrong 
again, for in the loth verse he says, I pray not that thou 
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou 
shouldeth keep them (From what?) from the evil. Evil 
is sin, you can't deny that. And he further says, 21st 
verse: And the glory which thou gavest me 1 have given 
them; that they may be one, even as we are one. (Who 
are they spoken of here?) The Apostles and all that 
believe on them through that same word. Further in the 
very last part of the prayer he winds up by praying the 
Father, 26th verse, that the love wherewith the Father 
loved him might be in them, and Jesus himself in them. 
Now if Jesus is in us, you may call it the word if you like, 
and the love of the Father also be in us, the very love that 
the Father bore the Son, then indeed are we pure, or we 
could not be one. For he saith I in you, and you in me. 
Now you cannot mix oil and water, no more can you har- 
monize the pure and spotless Lamb of God, and sin as 
one body, for the body of Christ was, and is without sin, 
and his blood cleanseth from all sin, sin is purged out, and 
Christ comes in and rules in, and reigns over you the God 



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of every motion, and if he be every motion, then is there 
no more sin in you, if so be that you have Him in your 
heart, and if you have Him not in your heart, and only 
in the head, then you are none of his, for if Christ be in 
your heart He is King, King supreme and He cannot look 
upon you with the least degree of allowance. Then if Christ 
and the Holy Ghost be not in you, the devil and sin, and 
darkness is in your soul, for there is but two sides to this 
all important subject. Either you are for or against, you 
cannot serve God one minute and the devil the next. 
Now John says, 1 John 2:3: And hereby w 7 e do know 
(Know what?) that we know him, (Yes, w r e do know him, 
there is no doubt about it, but how do we know him?) if 
we keep his commandments. (But how will we know 
what the commandments are? by the study of his word.) 
For he that saith, I know him and — - (And what John?) 
keepelh not his commandments, (Is what?) a liar and the 
truth is not in him. That is pretty strong John. "Yes, 
nevertheless true,there was a time when men could be ignor- 
ant and plead it as an excuse, but that time passed over 
1800 years ago." Acts 17:30. At the times of this ignorance 
ijrod winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere 
to repent. And the Psa. 119:96 says: Thy command- 
ment is exceeding broad. Yes, my brother, it takes in 
the turning away from all sin, not a part of them, and 
instead, doing righteousness. Prov. 6:23. For the com- 
mandment is a lamp; and the law is light; reproofs of 
instruction are the way of life. Matt. 22:28. Thou shalt, 
(Not mayest) shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This 
is the first and great commandment. Not with a part of 



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your heart, or soul, or mind, but all your heart, mind and 
soul. Then where will there beany room for sin, and the 
devil to come in at. Why Glory be to God, if we do this 
one great commandment we cover the whole ground, and 
we have neither time nor inclination to sin, because we 
become one in Christ Jesus our Lord, and like him canm t 
look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. Now 1 
say to you excuser of thy self, be careful, as in Mark 7:9 
Jesus to the Pharisees. Full well ye reject the command- 
ment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 0, 
how many of these blind pharisees are living to-day under 
the cloak of the churches. Christ called them fools, and 
hypocrites, and a generation of vipers. I will not say 
this. Christ called them so in his day. Perhaps the 
churches have become so refined, intelligent and modest 
these days that Christs language is too severe to use in 
these last days, when people will not endure sound doc- 
trine. Therefore we will be forced to use more modern 
language and call them church helps financial, but if I 
am forced to use this modest way of expressing it, won't 
youpleaselet me add my expression, and call them blocks, 
that sinners stumble over into hell. There now, you said 
it; yes, and I will stand by the modification. From such 
we are to turn aw r ay, and commanded so to do (for) says 
John 12:50. And I know that his commandment is life 
everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the 
Father said unto me, so I speak. Now r if Christ speaketh 
these things, and his agents, don't accuse me of error. 

Romans 7:12. Wherefore the law is holy, and the com- 
mandments is holy, and just, and good. Now I want you, 
reader, to keep in mind what the commandments are, and 
very especially the first and great commandment. 



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1 Tim. 1:5. Now the end of the commandment is 
charity (Love) out of a pure heart, and of a good con- 
science, and of unfeigned faith. Now, as stated here in 
this commandment, if we have these things abiding in 
us. How, 0, tell me how sin can dwell within us? Can 
you, can I, obey the commandment with sin in our hearts? 
Never. Ah, but you dare tell me the sin is not in your 
heart, your heart is all right, but it is in the flesh. But, 
brother, it is written from the abundance of the heart 
the mouth speaketh, and not from the flesh. This is the 
very reason that your heart should be made right and 
pure by the blood of the blessed Redeemer, so that you 
can overcome the lust of the flesh, because this is what 
Christ died for that you might be cleansed from all sin, 
that you might have power over the world, the flesh and 
the devil. 

2 Pet. 2:20, 22. For if after they have escaped the 
pollutions of the world, (now what are the pollutions of 
the world, is it not the pollutions of the flesh included) 
through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome. 
The latter end of that man is worse than the beginning. 
(Why?) For it had heen better for them not to have 
known the w r ay of righteousness, than after they have 
known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered 
unto them. Now, you will remember, the command in 
the end is Charity— a pure heart. 

Be warned, you that say you cannot live without sin 
in the w r orld. Also, those who say it is impossible for a 
sanctified one to sin, for either assertion is false. And 
again remember you can live without sin, else Timothy 



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would have had no occasion to utter this caution: Because 
Christ cleanses you from all sin, and plants the seeds of 
righteousness in your heart, and as long as you keep his 
commandments and do them, his seed the seed of right- 
eousness remaineth in you, and you cannot sin, because 
his seed remains in }^ou, and the seed of righteousness 
can't grow in the same soil with sin. But you let the 
devil sow the seed of sin in your heart, and you let it 
take root, see how quick it will spring up and bring forth 
fruit unto sin and choke out all the righteousness you 
have in you. For you are a free moral agent as long as 
you live, and I think will be forever. For it is through 
our free choice of life that we enjoy it, and it is our free 
will whether we keep it or not, for the angels lost their 
estate through disobedience, and so can we Now, if you 
let the devil sow the seed of sin in your heart, then James 
says (Jas. 1:15): When lust hath conceived it bringeth 
forth sin. Now, if you choked out the seed of lust it 
could not conceive, therefore there would or could be no 
sin. Again, and when sin is finished, it bringeth forth 
death. Do not err my brother, God is not mocked, and 
be sure your sin will find you out. The best way is to 
put your whole trust in the Lord, and do it now, and 
forever; don't delay one moment, for procrastination is the 
thief of time. Let our prayer be Psa. 19:12,13: Cleanse 
thou me from secret faults; keep back thy servant also 
from presumptious sins; let them not have dominion over 
me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent of 
the great transgression. (What Transgression?) Pre- 
suming too much on the mercies of God. Sinning a little 
every day, presuming that you can get the benefit of the 



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advocacy, and cover your sin by the sin of presumption. 
Get free of these sins of presumption, if you don't you 
will wrap yourself up in them and slumber in them, and 
the next thing you will wake up in hell. For Jesus, you 
will remember did not come to save us in our sins; O, no, 
but to save us from our sins, for his blood cleaneth us 
from our sins. 

1 John 3:5. And ye know that he was manifested 
(What for?) to take away our sins, not to watch over us 
in our sins, but to take them away, and watch over us and 
keep us from sin, as long as we trust in him and do his 
commandments, and to keep us, because in him is no sin. 
And in 6th verse he says, whosoever, thank God for this 
whosoever, for that takes in you and me, yea, the whole 
world. W-h-o-s-o-e-v-e-r abideth in him sinneth not. 
(Glory hallelujah, whosoever abideth in him sinneth not.) 
And he saith further with the same w-h-o-s-o-e-v-e-r 
sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Now my 
dearly beloved brother, who does this apply to, you say 
to the outbreaking sinner who makes no pretension to 
love God. I beg leave by the word of God to differ with 
you, for he is talking of those that abideth in him, then 
to capsheaf the whole thing he says, w r -h-o-s-o-e-v-e-r 
sinneth. This takes in the sinner with the church cloak 
on, for the sinner never had him in him yet. In the 8th 
verse he tells you, he that committeth sin is of the devil, 
for the devil sinneth from the beginning. So do you, or 
at least you say you do, I take your word for it, for you 
say you can't live without sin, consequently you sin. And 
if you sin, sin is of the devil, and that makes you a child 
of the devil, and if you are a child of the devil, then it is 



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impossible to be a child of God. Either you are a child of 
God and don't sin, or you are a child of the devil, and do 
sin, there is only the one way, or the other, and if you 
deny this, you deny Gods own words, and the words of 
those that were sanctified through the truth, and sent out 
by his Soil Jesus Christ, and you make yourself one of 
those antchrists that were to come in the last days. 
Please brother, in the name of all that is good, righteous, 
and holy, and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ take 
the word of God as it reads, and measure yourself accord- 
ing to the standard of faith as laid down for you, for he 
saith, as your faith is, so be it unto you, if you don't 
believe what he says, you can't expect the blessing. 
Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have eter- 
nal life. Now this language is too plain to be misunder- 
stood. 

1 John, 3:3. And every man that hath this hope in 
him (What does he do?) purifieth himself, even as he is 
pure. (Who? why God.) Do you pretend to say we can 
purify ourselves as God is pure? you ask me. Ask John, 
he is one of those that Christ asked the Father to sanctify 
in John 17. 

1 John 3rd and 4th Verse. Whosoever committeth sin 
transgretteth the law: for sin is the transgression of the 
law. 5th Verse. And ye know that he, ( Who is he, 
spoken of here? why Jesus Christ.) was manifested 
(What for?) to take away our sins, and in him is no sin. 
Now why, (Joes he say here that in him is no sin, using 
it in connection with the sentence he was manifested to 
take away our sins. To show, I answer, that he was 
without sin, and if he be made manifest in us, we should 



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be without sin also. Else what good is the atonement. 
If the precious blood of Jesus was shed for the remission 
of sins, the atonement is full, and it cleanseth from all sin. 
And if we sin every day then hath the blood not cleansed 
us, and you make the atonement of none effect. 

1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God doeth not 
commit sin ; ( Why John?) for his seed remaineth in him: 
(In whom?) why him that is born of God, and he 
can not sin, (Why?) because he is born of God. And 
in this he says, the children of God are made manifest 
(How?) 20th and 21st Verse. For if our heart condemn 
us not, then we have confidence towards God. 22d Verse. 
And whatsoever w T e ask, we receive of him, (Why?) 
because we keep his commandments, (And what else?) 
do those things that are pleasing to him, or in his sight. 
(What is pleasing to him?) Col. 1:10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing 
being (What?) fruitful, in (What?) every good work, 
(What else?) and increasing in the knowledge of God; 
strengthened with all might, (How r ?) according to his 
glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering with 
joyfulness. (Anything else?) Yes. (Jiving of thanks 
unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be (Or fit) 
partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; (In 
what? in light, not in sin.) who hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness, (Sin) and (What?) hath trans- 
lated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (When Paul 
after death, 0, no, now, why now?) because in Him we 
have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness 
of sins. Now, it is very clearly shown in the Scriptures 
already cited to that the true child of God is made mani- 



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fest by his righteousness, and the child of the devil is 
made manifest by his sins. One bears fruit unto holiness, 
and the other bears fruit unto darkness (sin). 

Now, my brother, when you stand in the congregation 
of the Lord and confess that you can't live in this world 
without sin, you tell the world at once you are a sinner, 
and they think you are just as bad as they are. Remem- 
ber they are watching you and know when you make a 
mistake. You tell them you are trusting in the Lord, 
who says he will keep you from sin if you trust in him. 
You tell the world you are trusting in him, but you can't 
live without sin. You make yourself a liar, and worse, 
you make God a liar. For Jesus shed his precious blood 
that it might cleanse us from sin, and put his spirit in us, 
to keep us from the evil, which is sin. You say that I ' 
speak rough and positive, if it is not Bible doctrine, don't 
receive it, if it does not hit you hard, it will do you no 
harm, and I don't mean you, but if it hits you, don't turn 
it over to that other fellow, but go right to God and get 
understanding and a pure clean heart that will have no 
desire to sin. May God help you to do it, and do it now. 

Jsa. 43:25. Thus saith the Lord, I even I, am he that 
blotteth out thy transgressions for my own sake, and will 
not remember thy sins. Now, see how good he is, blots 
out your sins, for his own sake, not because you have or 
can do anything to merit it, but for his own dear sake, 
for He so loved the world, etc. 0, what love. And when 
He once cleanses you, He says He will keep you, (Keep 
you, how?) clean from sin, if you abide in Him, He will 
abide in you. Is, or can anything be plainer. But you 
still tell me with all this mountain of evidence, that you 



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can't help but get angry and sin. Poor fellow, let me tell 
you right here, that you never can cease to sin as long as 
you trust in self, your own weak righteousness. You 
must put your whole trust in the strong arm of Jehovah. 
You poor weak sinful bit of flesh, what can you do in 
your own strength, or your wonderful wisdom. One 
very slight breath from the nostrils of the Almighty will 
blow you instantly into eternity. 

Eph. 4:26. Be ye angry and sin not. That is you 
must not give way to wrath, then you will not sin. You 
can load your revolver in the heat of passion to kill a man, 
but if you overcome the intent, lay away the revolver 
even with the properties of death yet in the weapon, you 
have overcome the intent of the heart, you have become 
the victor and have not committed the deed or sin of 
murder. So when anger rises in your heart go to God 
instantly, and say, Lord give me grace. Psa. 84:11. For 
the Lord God is a sun, and shield: The Lord will give 
grace, and glory: no good thing will he withhold from 
them that walk uprightly. And then, James 3:7 says, 
resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8th Verse. 
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you, cleanse 
your hands ye sinners; and purify your hearts ye double 
minded. (For the Lord will help you). 2nd Cor. 12:9. 
And he said unto me, my grace is sufficient for you. 
(For) Eph. 2:5, 8, by grace ye are saved: (How?) Through 
faith, and that not of ourselves, (Why, not of ourselves?) 
it is the gift of God. You see, you must trust implicitly 
in (jrod for it all. Then you must watch, trust, and pray, 
why? Jude. 4. For there are certain men crept in 
unawares, (What are they doing Jude?) turning the grace 



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of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only 
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. What is meant 
here by lasciviousness? Webster says looseness, lusi ful- 
ness, to promote irregular indulgence. That is they 
indulge their own desires in preference to obeying God, 
Now you tell me none of these things hit you. No in 
your self esteem and self righteousness you are hard to 
hit, the devil has his scaly armor of sin and self indul- 
gence and thirst after wealth and popularity and a thous- 
and other things thrown over you so thick that even the 
word of God cannot penetrate your wicked selfish heart, but 
remember the day will come, and is close at hand when 
you will stand out in all your nakedness before God, 
Then it will be too late. When you tell me you are a 
child of God, and tell me you can't live without sin, 
because you don't deny the Lord Jesus Christ. There 
are many ways my brother, to, or in which we deny him. 
You deny him in faith and works, for some of you say 
that we must work, and some say we must have faith and 
need no works, but Paul tells us different, work always 
follows after faith. Let us follow Paul a little while on 
this line. Act. 15:11. But we believe that through the 
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved. You 
see that it is through faith that we receive the grace, or 
favor of God, and when we get the grace works will follow 
as natural as water runs down the stream. Rom. 11:6, 
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise 
grace is no more grace. That is, it could not be a gift 
because it was produced by works for grace is the free gift 
of God, 2 Cor. 1:11. Wherefore also we pray always 
for you (What for?) that our God would count you worthy 



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of ih i s calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his 
goodness, and the work of (What?) faith by power. You 
see here that faith must precede works. Well, let us look 
a little further, in the 4th verse you will find that they 
glory in their faith which produced the works of patience 
in bearing persecutions and tribulations, so that they 
endured. For in Jas. 1:4. But let patience have her 
perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting 
nothing. 6th Verse. But let him ask in faith, not 
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea 
driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man 
think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. (For) 
a double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Does 
this hit you brother? Then receive it. Rom 8:27. 
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? 
Of works, Nay: but by the law of faith. 4th Chapter, 
6th Verse. Even as David also describeth the blessedness 
of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness with- 
out works. And in many other places it proves this 
point without contradiction. Read on this point, Rom. 
9:11, and 11:16; Gal. 1:16; Eph. 2:8, 9. 

Now the simple truth is, that if you have faith, works 
will follow, Jas. 2:17 18, 21, 22. Shows how faith will 
always produce works. For without faith there is no 
works. Pardon this little departure. We are not through 
with our subject, sin, therefore we will return to our 
allegiance. Now we will turn to the great objecters quo- 
tation of Scriptures which he thinks is a deadener, on at 
least one hundred passages of Scripture that prove we can 
and must live without sin, if w r e desire to see God in 
peace. You will find it in 1 John 1:10. If we say that 



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we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and the truth is 
not in us. But you say you are mistaken, that it is the 
8th verse, and that reads: If we say that we have no sin, 
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us, now you say 
that's a clincher. Now, let us see who expressed this, 
and who it was spoken to, under what circumstances was 
it spoken, and purpose. First, John was speaking to his 
Desciples they that were converted under his preaching, 
calling them little children, yel babes in Christ needing 
instruction, justified, but not yet sanctified and estab- 
lished like all justified persons. 0, but you say, that he 
said we, meaning himself included. Just like a good 
servant of Good speaks and says we to his church, he 
knows there are those that sin in his audience. So John 
knew that there were some that were not stable, and for 
this very reason, he spoke the language in the text, to 
show them that they must become firm and establish them- 
selves. For he saith in the 7th Verse. But if we walk 
in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one 
with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleanseth us from all sin. Now, if we are cleansed from 
all sin, then are we free indeed from sin. Again in the 
9th verse following your clincher. But if we confess our 
sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and 
(What?) cleanse us from (What?) all our unrighteous- 
ness. That makes a clean sweep, and leaves us without 
sin, and we have conclusively proven that he was abund- 
antly able to keep us, and promised to be with us to the 
end. Praise to His holy name. It is very plain here 
that John was doing here just like some of our ministers 
have to do with some faithless people show them tenderly, 



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and cautiously how they must do to get out of justifica- 
tion into sanctification. so that they could grow in grace 
and knowledge of his word. Now. here is the stumbling 
block of the professed Christian who tries to cover his 
-ins. not of the covering of the Lord. 1 John 2:1. And 
if any man sin. we have an advocate with the Father, 
Jesus Christ the righteous. 2d Verse. And he is the 
propitiation for our sins: And not for ours only, but 
also for the sins of the whole world. Now, John says, 
3rd Verse. And hereby do we know Him (How?) if we 
keep his (What?) commandments. Now. then do you 
think we can commit sin if we keep his commandments? 
Then again, Jesus was made the propitiation for our sins, 
once for all, he is not going to keep pardoning a disobe- 
dient sinner every day. It is absurd to presume on the 
mercy of a just, good, and loving God in that way. Now, 
he says in the third verse, ye know T him if ye keep his 
commandments, ana if you do, then you won't sin, 
because He commands you to not commit sin. Then 
again he says in the 4th verse. He that saith, I know 
Him, and keepeth not my commandments, is a liar, and 
the truth is not in him. Now, what are you going to do 
about it? You say you know him and keep on sinning, 
breaking His holy commandments, making yourself a 
liar. All liars shall have part in the lake which burneth 
with fire and brimstone. Who hath ears to hear, let him 
hear what the Lord saith. Brother, I am going to keep 
his word God helping me, and he will do it. Then John 
says 5th verse, in Him verily is the love of God perfected; 
hereby know we that we are in him. And it is written, 
he that trusteth in Him, He will in no wise cast out. 



Glory be to God. (For) 1 Peter 21:22, Christ also 
suffered for us, leaving us an example, (What for?) that 
ye should (Do what?) follow His steps, Who did no sin, 
neither was guile found in his mouth. Are you following 
those sacred steps, when you sin every day? I think not 
brother. Is the reward not sufficient? For the hope of 
heaven is worth ail, 1 John 8:8. And every man that 
hath this hope in him purifieth himself, (How?) even as 
he is pure. (Who? Christ). How pure was He? Even 
without sin and there was no guile found in his mouth, 
4th Verse. Listen, here comes the w-h-o-s-o-e-v-e-r com- 
mitteth sin transgresseth the law; For sin is the trans- 
gression of the law. Brother, that whosoever takes in 
you and me. 5th Verse. And ye know that he was 
manifested to take away our sins, and yet you go on sin- 
ning with impunity. God pity you. Now, look at this pre- 
mise for. you have no occasion to sin. For He saith, 
whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not. And again. 
Whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither know r n 
Him. 8th Verse. He that committeth sin is of the devil. 
And 9th Verse. W-h-o-s-o-e-v-e-r is born of God doth 
not commit sin; (Why?) for his seed remaineth in him; 
and he cannot (Margin— doeth not sin, why?) because he 
is born of God. Now, we find in the 11th verse, that in 
this very thing were the children of God made manifest, 
(Why?) because they live without sin, because God is 
manifested in us. And again, the children of the devil 
are manifest, because the devil is manifest in them, and 
caused them to sin, for if the devil was not manifest in 
them,, then would they have none occasion to sin, but we 
that are born of God have occasion to rejoice, Why? 



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1 John 3:14. For we know that we have passed from 
death unto life. Now, if we know we have passed from 
death unto life; we do know we have no sin, because we 
are dead to sin, and made alive to God. Blessed he the 
Lord forever. For Paul says, Rom. 13:14. Put ye on the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, 
to fulfill the lust thereof. For the lust of the flesh is sin. 
Again 1 Cor. 10:13, 14. There hath no temptation taken 
you but such as is common to man: But God is faithful, 
who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are 
able to bear, but will with the temptation also make a way 
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Now, we are 
free from sin, because we drink of the fountain of God 
that never runs dry, bless His holy name. 

1 Cor. 10:21. Now, we cannot drink the cup of the 
Lord, and the cup of devils: Ye cannot be partakers of 
the Lord's table> and the table of devils Now, if we sin, 
we drink of the cup of devils, if we sin we eat at the table 
of devil's, therefor cannot drink of the Lord's cup, nor 
eat at his table. Same Chapter, 1st, 2d, 3rd, and 4th 
Verses. Morever brethren, I would not that ye be igno- 
rant, how that all our fathers w r ere under the cloud, and 
all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto 
Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the 
same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual 
drink; for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed 
them; and that Rock w r as Christ. You see they drank 
from the same Rock that we drink from, the Rock that 
never runs dry. Glory be to God. But w T e find many 
of them sinned, and God was displeased with them and 
overthrowed them in the wilderness. Just like He will 



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us, if we break His commandments, we sin, and He will 
overthrow us in our darkness and wilderness of sin. 0, 
brother, let us strive to keep out of the wilderness, so 
that we will not loose the promise, as did some of our 
fathers, and as will all who disobey Him, and sin. For 
Hesaith in Ezek. 18:20, 21, 22,23, 24. The soul that 
sinneth, it shall die. (For) the Son shall not bear the 
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the 
iniquity of the son: The righteousness of the righteous 
$hall be upon him, (that is on him that is righteous) and 
the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. (That 
is on him that is wicked.) But if the wicked will turn 
from all his sins that he hath committed, and (What?) 
keep all my statutes, (not a part) and do that which is 
lawful and right, he shall surely live, and he shall not 
die. You see at once that there is no half way in the 
Lords business. 22d Verse. All his transgressions that 
he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto 
him: In his righteousness that he hath done he shall 
live. (For) have I any pleasure at all that the wicked 
should die saith the Lord God; and not that he should 
return from his ways and live. Now, comes the test. 
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteous- 
ness, and (doeth what?) committeth iniquity, and doeth 
according to all the abominations that the wicked man 
doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath 
done shall not be mentioned: In his trespass that he 
hath trespassed, in them shall he die? You see it won't 
do to presume too far on the mercies of God who gave his 
own dear Son to save us, for 1 Pet. 2:24. Who his own 
self bare our sins in his body on the tree, that we being 



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deacl to our sins, should live unto righteousness; for we 
were healed by his stripes. You notice that before we 
were healed by his stripes, for he suffered for us, we were 
dead in tresspasses and sins, without light, but when we 
were healed then w r e were made dead to sin, received the 
light, and were made alive to God. Now, we w^ere not 
made dead in our sins, but dead to them. Mat. 1:21. 
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his 
name JESUS: (Why?) For he shall save his people 
from their sins. (Not in them). Who is his people? 
All that will come unto him and do his will. Rom 11:27. 
For this is my covenant unto them, when I take away 
their sins. Heb. 10:17, 18. And their sins and iniquities 
will I remember no more. Now, where remission of these 
is, there is no more offering for sin. (Why?) 26th 
Verse. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received 
the knowledge of truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice 
for sin. Be careful then dear brother, that say you sin 
and know you sin, remember that if you sin and know 
you sin, you do it willingly, and again remember that 
God is not mocked. And you are treading on dangerous 
ground, on slippery rocks, for if you sin there is no more 
sacrifice for sin. But you say still that you sin every 
day and you can't help it. You poor blind sinner go to 
God put your all on the altar, give yourself all up to Him, 
have no self in it, and let Him cleanse you from all sin, 
and take out the bitter seeds of sin, the old adamic nature, 
the carnal mind, and trust in Him to keep you from sin, 
and my soul says he will do it, Jesus himself says he will. 
If I owed you a debt and promised to pay it at a certain 
time, and I would come to you every day with a pitiful 



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story that I forgot to bring the money, and keep doing this 
way, don't you think you would turn from me with dis- 
gust, and turn me over to the law. Now, don't you think 
Jesus gets tired pleading to the Father for such a ragged 
sin stained reprobate, who comes every day with spots 
and stains on his soul, and says, here Lord I've got a few 
more stains on my heart, and you agreed as an advocate 
to plead with the Father in my behalf that I be washed 
by thy blood, so that I may be made clean and white, 
come now blessed loving Jesus, won't you do it? I'll do 
my best to keep clean. Ah, but Jesus says if you had 
believed my word, you would have trusted in me instead 
of your poor, miserable, weak "self. I told you that my 
grace should be sufficient for you, and that you should 
not be tempted above that that you was able to bear, you 
made me a liar, you came to me time, after time, telling 
me you would do better in the future, and you did not do 
it, I told you if you abide in Me I would keep you, but 
you keep letting the devil sow his seed in your heart, and 
you even let it choke out my word, and let the seed of 
the devil bring fruit. If you had let the word of God 
grow in your heart, it would have brought fruit unto 
holiness, and the end thereof would have been eternal life, 
for Paul my servant told you to not let sin reign in your 
mortal bodies, but no, no, you are unstable, you told me 
so many falsehoods, and I told you in my word that 
God's spirit would not always strive with man, and you 
know what I said would be the doom of all liars, my poor 
man, my heart bled out once on the cross for you, there I 
made the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, and 
when you came to me sick and sore, I cleansed you in my 



blood and made you clean and white, and told you how 
to keep it clean and pure, but you doubted my word, you 
listened to the serpent, that destroyer of souls, and like 
Adam of old, you have fell. There is no more sacrifice 
for you, 0, my God, is he lost! Forever lost! 0, man, 
come out from among the world, seperate yourself from 
them, have no fellowship with them, shun every appear- 
ance of evil. Seperate yourself from sin, set yourself 
apart to God, put everything with yourself on the altar, 
and God will sanctify the gift so that you can have power 
through faith in Christ to keep you from sin. Lest this 
come upon you. 

Num. 16:26, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of 
these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be 
consumed in all their sins. Or, you be like Isa, 59:2, but 
your iniquities have seperatecl between you and your 
God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he 
will not hear you. Repent therefore and be converted, 
so that your sins may b) forgiven you. For Jer. 5:25. 
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your 
sins have withholden good things from you. Why, away 
back in Moses time, in Exo. 32:33, Gocl said, whosoever 
hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of my book. 
Luke 13:3 Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 
You see brother, there is no way of escape only through 
the one sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. And in Heb. 
10:17 18, Now, where remission of these is, there is no 
more offering for sin. But you say how can I keep from 
sinning? I will let the word of God answer your question, 
turn to Job 1:22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged 
God foolishly. Now if you read the book of Job you will 
get wisdom. 



1 John 1:7, 8, 9, 10. But if we walk in the light, 
(that is not sin) as He is in the light, we have fellowship 
one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleanseth us (Who? You and I.) from all sin. Yes, not 
a part, but all sin. Yes, you say, but I may sin again. 
But, Mat. 22:38 says. Thou shalt love the Lord God 
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. Now, this is the great commandment, and if you 
will obey it, my soul for yours, you will have neither 
time, will, nor desire to sin, and no room in your heart 
for sin, for God dwells there supreme, and the devil and 
sin can't get in. Glory be to God. And if brod.be in us, 
we are born of God, and he that is born of God cannot 
sin, because his seed remaineth in us. Praise God for 
this light. For if we sin after we have this light, we 
crucify the Lord the second time, and put him to an open 
shame. We find when Judas betrayed Christ he repented 
but it was too late. 

Mat. 27:4. He said, I have sinned in that 1 have 
betrayed the innocent blood. 0, brother, don't you think 
when you profess to know Godin the pardon of your sins; 
profess to have tasted of the good things of the world to 
come, and then sin, don't you think you betray the 
innocent blood before sinners. 1 leave you to answer this 
question. There is great danger in sin, come away from 
it, and by the grace of God keep it out of your heart. 
For God says, Ezek. 18:4. Behold all souls are mine: 
as the soul of the Father, so also the soul of the son is 
mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Now, you see 
there is no respect of persons here, all souls are his, and 
the soul that sins, it shall die — not may, but shall die* 



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And if it be an outbreaking sinner, a moral man, or a 
man that profess to know Christ, if he sins he shall die. 
1 John 5:17, 18, says, all unrighteousnes is sin. Now, 
we know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; 
(What then John?) but he that is of God keepelh him- 
self, and that wicked one toucheth him not. In the 21st 
verse he tells how to keep from the clutches of sin. 
Little children keep yourselves from Idols, for Eccl.9:18, 
says one sinner destroyeth much good. But you say you 
have your name on the church roll, and you are not a 
sinner. What, did you not say just now, that you sinned 
nearly every day, and you could not keep from sinning. 
All I have to say is if you sin, you are a sinner, and you 
stand no more justified in the eyes of the Lord than any 
other ungodly sinner, for I tell you, all sin is ungodliness. 
Sin is of the devil, and when you sin, you make him 
your father, and make yourself a child of the devil. For 
God says you can't serve Him and the devil too. 

Luke 15:7. There shall be joy in heaven over 'one 
sinner, more than over ninety nine just persons, (Why?) 
because the just ones do not sin, and need no repentance. 
For whosoever is born of God cannot, or does not sin, 
and these just persons are of God. It is joy in heaven, 
because a sinner is saved from sin, and not in his sins. 
And says Jas. 5:20. Let him know, that he which con- 
verteth a sinner from the error of his way, (not in the 
error of his way) shall save a soul from death, and hide 
a multitude of sins. Now, some think that the man that 
converts the sinner hides a multitude of his own sins, 
what a foolish error. He hides a multitude of sins 
because they are washed away by the blood of Christ, and 



are hidden away from the world, buried in the death of 
Christ, and his sins have no more influence over the 
world. Now, my dear brother, you will see that these 
sins must be dead, and you can see how careful ought we 
to live. (For) Peter 4:18, says if the righteous scarcely 
be saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear? 
9th Verse. Wherefore let them that surfer according to 
the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him 
in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. Now above 
when he says according to the will of God in keeping the 
soul, what does it mean? What is his will. 1 Thess. 4:3. 
For this is the will of God, (What?) even your sanctifi- 
cation. 4th Verse. ( Why?) That every one of you should 
know how to possess his vessel in (What?) sanctification 
and honour. 7th Verse. For God hath not called us unto 
uncleaness, but unto holiness. Praise the Lord Hallelujah, 
The Psalmist says in Psa. 1:1: Blessed is the man that 
walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth 
in the way of the sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the 
scornful. What depth of meaning in these words. Friend, 
brother and sister, do you ever walk in the way of the un- 
godly? Do you occasionally tell a little white lie? In 
God's eye it is black. Do you ever take the advantage to 
get the best bargain in trade? Do you ever talk about 
your neighbor, and repeat some slang that you hear? Do 
you jest T and talk foolish nonsense, attend balls, theaters 
and places of worldly amusements? If yoti do then you 
walk in the ways of the ungodly. Do you go to church 
and make foolish remarks about religion, and laugh and 
scorn at the people of God just because they do not carry 
out your narrow ideas of religion? If yoti do then are 
you indeed sitting in the seat of the scornful and standing: 



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in the way of sinners. Get out of the way of sinners I 
pray you and be a stumbling block no longer. Just 
think how many have stumbled over these careless, 
so-called Christians into hell. Seek knowledge of God 
with an earnest contrite spirit and he will give you light. 
For Psa, 25:8. Good and upright is the Lord: therefore 
will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he 
guide in judgement: and the meek will he teach his way. 
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto 
(Who?) such as keep his covenant and his testimonies- 
Listen ye weak minded and fearful what Isaiah says 
about you. Isa. 38:14. The sinners in Zion (or churches 
for it means that) are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised 
the hypocrite. Who among us shall dwell with the 
devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with ever- 
lasting burnings? (Find the other side.) 

Isa. 38: 15, 16. He that walketh righteously and 
speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppres- 
sions, that shaketh his hands from holding bribes, that 
stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his 
eyes from seeing evil; (That is, that he will not delight 
in it) he shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall 
be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his 
waters shall be sure. Thine eyes shall see the King in 
his beauty. You say I have left the line of sanctification, 
I have not, started out on that line alone, but to call 
your mind to those places in God's word that specially 
shows you these four points, how God hates sin, how 
he desires you to abstain from sins, on what conditions 
you can get eternal life. 3rd Verse. That his will is 
your sanctification which I have already abundantly 



shown. And lastly to show that yon must get rid of 
your sins, and keep rid of them, and live a holy life, or 
you can never see God in peace. And in order to do this 
you must let me run out on the line, and gather in as 
many links as will clearly illustrate as possihle the design 
of this little book. Which is to convince sinners that 
(rod cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allow- 
ance, and that he will reward those that live holy lives 
with eternal life, and they that do not live holy lives he 
will reward them with eternal death, for they have sought 
out their own inventions and brought upon themselves 
their destruction. For Jesus came to save sinners from 
their sins. Matt. 9:13. He saith, I am not come to call 
the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Why blessed 
Master? Because he that is already horn of God doeth 
not sin, therefore he hath nothing more to repent of, 
but doeth righteousness. But you that doeth unright- 
eousness and sin everyday, I care not whether you are in 
the church or out of it, you are the man Jesus came to 
save, and the very man or woman I am after, and I warn 
you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ repent of your 
sins, and do the Masters will — which is your sanctifica- 
tion. Place yourself and all you have on earth, and all 
you ever expect to have, put it all in the hands of Jesus, 
now 7 and for all eternity, trust him, put it on the altar, 
Christ, he the altar, is sanctified, and the altar will 
sanctify you, the gift, praise God. For he says so, (not 
me) and his word is true and faithful. And then abide 
in him, and he will abide in you, and you will have no 
occasion to sin, because his seed remains in you, and you 
cannot sin as long as his seed remains in you, and it will 



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remain in you as long as you do his commandments, for 
he has promised to be with you even to the end. And 
he further saith, 1 Cor. 10:13. There hath no temptation 
taken you but such as is common to man: but God is 
faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that 
ye are able; but will make (Make what?) a way to escape, 
that ye may be able to bear it. Therefore my brother, 
flee from Id >li try, for this is idolatry to worship a sin 
sick whim of the devil, for it is him makes you think you 
can't live without committing sin in this world so as to 
cover your sin with a covering, but not of my covering 
saith the Lord, so that you might add sin to sin. What 
a brazen face hath this old lying devil to try to make you 
cover sin after sin, by disputing the authority of God 
and all his witnesses. Let God be true, but every man a 
liar. Will you never cease to pervert the word of God. 
He says his blood cleanseth from all sin, not a part, but 
all sin. Then thanks be to his holy name. Right on top 
of that he tells you that his grace is, and shall be sufficient. 
How? Sufficient to keep you in your ungodly sins, no, 
no, but keep you from sin, pure and good, and holy, 
thank God. Else there would be no sufficiency in his all 
atoning blood and sacrifice, which was made once for all, 
else he must have spilled his blood and made sacrifice 
often, but he made the sacrifice once for all, and now sits 
at the right hand of God till his enemies be made his 
footstool, and he has given us the assurance in his word 
that the sacrifice is made once for all and never to be 
repeated, as it was with the earthly priests who had to 
enter in the temple daily and offer sacrifice for the remis- 
sion of sins. But he has made the sacrifice once for all, 



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and glory to His holy name. He says his blood cleanses 
us from all sin, that He will keep us, sanctify us and 
make us holy. Now, I ask you, is God a liar; or, is that 
old fiend the devil a liar? Choose ye this day whom ye 
will serve. Gods says, 2 Cor. 12:9. My grace is sufficient 
for you. The devil says it is not, you must sin a little 
now and then. Rom. 3:4. Let God be true, but every 
man a liar. Yes, the devil too, for he was a liar from the 
beginning. Now, we must watch and not believe that old 
liar, the devil, who goeth about seeking whom he may 
devour, he has his eye on you and will devour you if you 
give him the very least possible chance. Put your trust 
in God for he saith, Matt. 28:20: And lo, I am with you 
even to the end. And John 9:31. Now, we know that 
God heareth not sinners. Now, if you sin, you are a 
sinner, and God heareth you not, but if any man be a 
worshipper of God, and doeth his will, (Ah, his will— 
what is it— John 17:17, 18, 19: Your sanctification. 
What then? He that doeth his will, him He heareth, 
for Jas. 4:8. He saith, cleanse your hands, ye sinners: 
and purify your hearts ye double minded, for a double 
minded man is unstable in all his ways^ and any man 
that tries to serve God and mammon is double minded, 
Rom. 8:1, 2. There is therefore now no condemnation 
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not 
after the flesh, but after the spirit. For the law of the 
spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the 
law of sin and death. Now if you will carefully read all 
of the 8th chapter of Romans you will be convinced that 
the preceding pages of this little book are true. Now- 
do not read it carelesslv but wih a meditative mind, and 



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see if the little wayside illustrations are not compatible 
with the word of God. I will here also give you the main 
texts which if you will carefully trace up the references, 
you will believe in Sanctification whether you will be 
able to explain it to others or not, then if you will follow 
up the conditions, you will get the experience in your 
soul all the world can't convince you that you haven't 
got it, you can then say with Paul in Rom 8:88, 89 verses. 
Now read Exo. 81:13; Lev. 20:7; Num. 20:12; Isa. 8:13; 
Ezek. 88:28; Joel. 1:14 and 2:16; John 17:17 to 20; Eph. 
5:26; 1st Thess. 5:23; Heb. 18:12; 1st Pet. 8:15; Gen. 2:3; 
(He made it holy) Lev. 10:8; Deut. 32:51; Job 1:5; Isa. 
5:16, and 18:8; Jer, 1:5; Ezek. 20:41 and 28:22, 25, and 
88:16, and 89:27; John 10:36; Acts 20:82 and 26:18; Rom. 
15:16; 1st Cor. 1:2; and 6:11; 1st Cor. 7:14, 1st Tim, 4:5; 
Heb. 2:11 and 10:14; Matt. 23:17; 1st Cor. 1:30; 1st Thess. 
4:3, 4; 2nd Thes. 2:18; 1st Pet. 1:2. I will now leave you 
awhile to yourself, your God, and your Bible to reason on 
the texts presented. 

PART SECOND. 

I will now give you as simple way of explanation as I 
am capable without using any Theology, or other than 
Webster, the signification of the word sanctification, that 
dreaded word of the present Christian world. Webster 
says the word sanctify means when used in a general 
sence. To cleanse, to purify or make holy. Now, if it is 
to cleanse, purify and make holy, it follows that the vessel 



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or thing that is sanctified must be pure indeed, perfectly 
cleansed, without spot or wrinkle, for it is to be made 
wholly clean and pure, else it could not be holy. The 
word in Bible language, he says, means cleansed and 
purified from all sin, and made holy; entirely set apart 
to Gods service. For he says further, to separate, set 
apart, or appoint, to a holy purpose, a sacred or religious 
use, to purify, that is to cleanse from all sin, so that your 
service will be pure, so that your service will be wholly 
acceptable before God, so that you can be partakers in 
holy things, as it is pictured in Exo. 19th chapter. Now, 
if sin be in you, you are not clean, and not fit for divine 
service. (Webster.) To cleanse from corruption; to 
purify from sin; to make holy by weaning your affections 
from the world and its defilements and exalting them to 
a supreme love to God, as in John 28th chapter, Eph. 
5th chapter. Now, supreme, means, the highest degree, 
the utmost extent. Then Sanctification means, there 
must be a perfect consecration to tiod's will, your heart 
must be cleansed by his blood from all sin, there must 
nothing come between Him and you, your will must sink 
into, and die in His will, then you sanctify or set apart 
or consecrate yourself to Him. You have now done your 
part. Now, when this done God does his part, you have 
laid your all on the altar without reserve, the altar is 
Christ, your unfeigned faith, and trust in Him, } 7 our 
all on the altar for time and eternity, the altar Christ 
being sanctified, it sanctifies the gift, you are now in 
Christ and Christ in you. You are one in him as in 
John 17:17. You now have the old inherited Adam all 
out of you, for you have put on the new Adam, Christ 



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Jesus who was tempted like as we are, yet without sin, 
nor was guile found in his mouth. Now, we walk after 
his steps, now, have we put off the old man Adam, which 
is human nature, and put on the new man even Christ 
Jesus, the devine nature, and we walk in newness of life, 
our angry passions gone, our love of the world with all 
its allurements and pleasure gone, hatred, malice, envy, 
strife, selfwill, jealously, prejudice, all the impurities of 
our natures inherited from the old man Adam gone, gone 
burnt up by the powers of the Holy Ghost on the altar 
Christ Jesus. Now, we are a new creature in Christ Jesus. 
Behold, all things have become new, the things I once 
loved, J now hate, and the things I once hated, I now 
love. Now, it is all bright, hope, calm peaceful rest in 
Jesus, holy trust, confidence, joy in the Holy Ghost, 
peace and comfort, and unbounded love, yea joy supreme, 
for I know my Redeemer liveth. Glory to God, such is 
the state of the sanctified soul. This makes our calling 
and election sure, if we abide in Him. You ask me can 
you get sanctification instantaneously? When a mother 
weans a child from the breast is it not that she ceases to 
give it the nourishment of her body, and gives it other 
food, and as the nourishment other than that, that came 
from the mother gives it strength and finally manhood, 
it even grew to the full stature of manhood, was it not 
changed instantly? Well, Webster says Sanctification 
means this too, to cleanse from corruption; to purify from 
sin; to make holy (How?) by weaning your affections 
from the world and its defilements, (Which is sin) and 
exalting them to a supreme love to God, as in John 28th 
chapter, Eph. 5th chapter. Now, if the child can be 



instantly weaned from the parent breast, I ask is not 
Christ stronger than that mother? Can, or can He not 
instantly wean his child from all worldly desires? O, 
yes, you say He can, but does He do it? Thousands of 
witnesses say they received it instantly, and if you don't 
believe the witness you would not believe, though one 
rose from the dead. But now, what are you going to do 
about the time between justification and sanctification? 
I'm not going to do anything about it, that's Gods busi- 
ness. But then, some people says you can get it all at 
once, justification and sanctification at the same time: 
then others say that you have to grow into it and takes 
years sometimes to get it because they must work into it. 
Now, what do you say about it? I am desirous to know. 
Well, question first, can you get justification and sancti- 
fication at one and the same time, I answer emphatically 
no, for there is nothing in the Bible to warrant such a 
conclusion as that. I have seen a very few that claimed 
they got it that way, but they were sickly, puny sanctifi- 
cationists. Besides,* how can they put themselves on the 
altar until they are born. Now, when we are begotten of 
God, then we are born into his kingdom and become His 
adopted children, then we put off our sins by doing right- 
eousness, but that old Adam human nature is still in us 
and keeps coming up and I find it hard to fight him off, 
and he often gets the best of me, but I have the witness 
that my sins were pardoned, and I was so happy, and do 
every once in awhile get happy, but some how or another, 
I am overcome and I do things I ought not to do, and I 
feel so bad about it, yes, yes, brother, dont say another 
word to me about it,, take it to God, your justified that is- 



-J.J. 



all, you are justified before God because you were willing 
to quit sin and God forgive your past sins that you had 
committed, and justified you in doing so, and tells you to 
go on to perfection, you don't do it, why? the carnal 
mind is still in you, the old adamic nature, and you are 
born into the family, you know you are, now, if you know 
that, then you want to get just as good as you can get, 
you put yourself on the altar, now, we have told how, 
before. LTet that old adamic nature out of you, then you 
will become dead to sin and made alive to God, all things 
then will be easier and brighter,- but you say so much and 
don't answer my other questions. How about these old 
Preachers, and Theologians, and all this motley crew that 
say you must grow into it. Is it a growth in grace? 
Leave them alone, they are joined to their idols, (Theories) 
and they are almost bereft of common sense. The Bible 
and the' experience of the people in the love of the Lord 
Jesus Christ teaches the people better things. Look at 
some of these fellows that grow into it, some of them have 
been growdng and fighting sin, the carnal mind for forty 
years, and is not dead in them yet. The carnal mind 
you know, is enmity against God, is not subject to his 
law, neither can it be, (Why?) because it is what the 
devil put in old Adam, and the sooner you get it burnt 
out of your heart with the Holy Ghost and fire the better 
for you, then will you have Christ and the Holy Ghost, 
and the fire in your heart, and the devil can't touch you, 
for you have now a sanctified heart. He will try it out- 
side, but he will get his fingers burnt every time he fools 
with you if you keep the fire of the Holy Ghost burning 
in your soul. Now, about how soon after justification 



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you can get sanctification depends altogether on how you 
put yourself on the altar, and how you 1 ack it with faith. 
If you place yourself on the altar with all you have and 
all you ever expect to be or have un reserved, subject to 
His divine will and good pleasure, I believe if you do this 
with a sincere heart, that you can get it in twenty minutes 
after being justified, because you are pro] erly instructed. 
For it is then only a matter of faith, and you do know 
that it takes some people a long time to get faith enough 
to remove the rubbish, they keep it before their eyes, but 
don't believe with one mighty, effort they can remove it. 
Some of these old moss back Christians have let the moss 
of carnality grow so thick over their eyes that it has 
obliterated their spiritual vision. They remind me of the 
old time Hoosiers that would always rather have a hazle 
splitter hog than a good berkshire pig, and they would 
deaden a piece of timber, put a good fence around it, 
plant it in corn, and instead of cutting off the old tree the 
next winter they would sit around che fire and hunt 
squirrels, coons and 'possoms, the next year plant corn 
in the same field, and every big wind would break down 
limbs and trees and ruin the fence, and destroy part of 
the crops, causing extra labor moving the rubbish and 
repairing the breeches in the fence, when the labor 
should have went towards tending the crop, besides some 
of the crop was damaged that was already planted, thus 
they went on year after year. Now, had they spent their 
time in the winter, instead of hunting and lounging 
around the fire, in cutting down the dead timber and 
removing the rubbish by consuming it with fire, their 
fields would have been clear, all their seed w r ould have 



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brought fruit, their fences would not have been broken 
down. This is the way these moss back fellows do, they 
spend their time hunting the little squirrel, (Isms) the 
big coons, (Theologies of their creed) the Opossums (all 
the flaws they can find in everybodys religion, but their 
own) while God's people, that's the Holiness people come 
round occasionally and throw a bomb into their drowsy 
camp and tear up their old hopeless isms, etc., and causes 
them to stir around and for shame sake, clean up a part 
of the confusion, but are 'too well covered up in their old 
Theology, theorys, creeds and isms to remove the cause. 
Get sanctified, get the carnal mind taken out of them. 
But we are not quite through with sanctification, the 
subject is inexhaustable, for the Bible is full of it from 
lid to lid, God, Religion and the powers that are fo*unded 
on Sanctification and Holiness. When you become sanc- 
tified you are then adapted to increase in the way of 
holiness. And right here, I will say, that it will be 
necessary for me to combine the two words Sanctification 
and Holiness for they are inseperable as God and heaven 
are inseparable. For when you are sanctified, you are 
purified and consequently holy, for purity is holiness. 
O, my, you say, you can't prove that, I am not going to 
try, God's word will do it for me. But first we will con- 
sult Webster on the word holiness, words you know are 
signs of ideas, and all words mean something distinct, 
and used in harmony one with another so as to properly 
express our ideas. Well, Webster says, the word Holi- 
ness is derived from the word Holy, which means piety, 
with sanctity. 2d. Sacredly; inviolably; without breach. 
Applied to human beings, Holiness is purity of heart or 



dispositions; sanctified affections; piety; moral goodness, 
more particularly, that which is set apart, separated to 
the service of God. Not perfect as God, for it is impossi- 
ble to be perfecc as God is perfect in all things, such as 
wisdom, power and glory. But we can be made perfect 
from sin, wilful sin by sanctification. For he saith in 
Matt. 6:8. Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father in 
heaven is perfect. Now, this means just what it says, 
that we must be made free from actual transgressions, as 
your Father in heaven is free. But to apply this to the 
perfection of God in any other sense would be preposter- 
ous, it would be sacrilige to say that we were perfect as 
God in power, wisdom, might and glory. I will not 
attempt in my wisdom to illustrate this perfection, but 
will give you the Bible for it. Deut. 25: 15. Thou shalt 
have a perfect and just weight and measure, this shows 
just and honest dealing. Gen. 6:9. Noah was a just man, 
and perfect in his generations, (Why?) because he walked 
with God. How? By obeying him. Gen. 17:1. liod 
said Abraham, walk before me and be thou perfect. Deut. 
18:13. Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord th} r God. 
Of course this means to strictly do all that God commands 
him to do, for the Lord told him what to do. Job. 1:1 
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; 
and that man was perfect and upright, and one that 
feared God and eschewed evil. Psa.* 37:87. Mark the 
perfect man, and behold the upright; for the end of that 
man is peace. Mat. 19:21. Jesus said unto him, if thou, 
wouldst be perfect, go sell that thou hast, and give to the 
poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven: and come 
and follow me. This means sanctification. Jesus tried 



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him here, He knew how his heart was set on his wealth 
and made it a Clod. And God says thou shalt have no 
other Gods hefore me. Hence he tried this man, and 
desired that he should love the Lord his God with all his 
mind and strength, that is put all on the altar and trust 
in God entire, now, we do not presume the Saviour here 
meant for him to actually sell all he had, but to take his 
mind off of his worldly possessions and fix it upon God. 
Neither do Ave believe he meant or implied that he should 
follow the Saviour all about on his earthly journeys, as 
some take it, but follow his righteousness, his command- 
ments, do like Christ, and have his affections weaned from 
the things of this world, and follow after holiness and 
live without sin, or in other words be sanctified. 1 Cor. 
2:7, G. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, 
even the hidden wisdom, (To whom Pual?) among them 
that are perfect. The wisdom that the sanctified get, and 
those that are not sanctified do not have it. 2 Cor. 13:11. 
Finally, brethren, farewell, be perfect, be of good comfort, 
be of one mind, live in peace. Yes, this is sanctification, 
living in holiness toward God. Till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of 
God, (How?) unto a perfect man, unto the measure of 
the fullness of Christ. What is this but sanctification 
and holiness, for if you read the chapter through it 
explains itself. Now read what Paul says in the Phil. 
8:12 to 15 verses, you will find that some were perfect, 
and some were not, as it is in our day Col. 1:28. Whom 
we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man 
in all wisdom; (What?) that we may present every man 
(How?) perfect (In what?) in Christ Jesus. How I love 



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you for these words Pan]. That means sanctification and 
holiness; for it is perfection in Christ Jesus, His will in 
us. Col. 12:14. That ye may stand perfect and complete 
in all the will of God. Now, what is the will of God, 
even your sanctification. Glory to God. Read 2d Tim. 
2:3 to 17th verses; Heb. 2:10, 11. For it became him, 
for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in 
bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of 
their salvation perfect through sufferings, (Why?) for 
both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are 
all of one. Now, if Christ be sanctified, and was perfect, 
and we are sanctified, and we are all one in Christ, then 
are we perfect in Him and holy. And you can't theolo- 
gise or compound any other theory out of the above rea- 
soning without flatly disputing God's holy word. Heb. 
12:23. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith with- 
out wavering; for he is faithful that promised. Heb. 
13:21. May God make you perfect in every good work to 
do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing 
in His sight. Jas. 1:5. If any of you lack wisdom let 
him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and 
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6th Verse. 
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. 7th Verse. 
For let not that man (That w T avers) think that he shall 
receive anything from the Lord. 4th Verse. But let 
patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect 
r and entire, wanting nothing. (And don't mistake for,) 
Jas. 1:17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from 
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with 
whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 
1 Pet. 5:10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us 



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unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have 
suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, 
settle you. You see here that we must suffer some before 
we can get established and perfect, 1 John 4:18. He 
that feareth is not made perfect in love. Then if we be 
able to fill that first and great commandment we must 
get perfect love that casteth out all fear, and that is had 
only through sanctification. For through sanctification 
we are made perfect, and have the promise of eternal life. 
2 Cor. 7:1. Having therefore these promises dearly 
beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from (What? all, not a 
part) all filthiness of the flesh (What else?) and spirit, 
(Doing what?) perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Is 
this plain enough for you? For in Luke 8:14. And the 
seed that fell among thorns are they, which, when they 
have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and 
riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to 
perfection. Heb. 6:1. Therefore leaving the principles 
of the doctrines of Christ, (That is water baptism) let us 
go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of 
repentance from dead works, and of faith towards God, 
(And now) put on charity which is the bond of perfect- 
ness. Col. 3:14. For we wish even your perfection. 
2 Cor. 13:9. For remember therefore how thou hast 
received and heard, and hold fast, and repent, if therefore 
thou shalt not watch, 1 w r ill come on thee as a thief, and 
thou shalt not know 7 what hour I will come upon thee. 
Rev. 3:3. Be watchful ,and strengthen the things which 
remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy 
works perfect before God. 0, brother, begin now to per- 
fect your" work before your god by getting sanctified, get 



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the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire that will burn up 
sin and fear, and give your confidence in the Lord God, 
and be perfect and holy. Well, but is it necessary for all 
to go on to sanctification? I will let the Bible tell you, 

Exo. 13:2. Sanctify unto me all the first born, etc. 
Exo. 19:10. Here God requires the people to wash their 
clothes and make them clean before they receive their 
sanctification, or in other words they must be clean or 
they can't be set apart to do His bidding. So with us, 
we must be cleansed from our sin, old Adam, then He 
will accept us and sanctify us. 

Exo. 31:13. Here He shows that He sanctifies His 
people. And Lev. 20:7, 8. He shows that they must be 
sanctified and be holy in order that they be able to keep 
the statutes of God. For He says sanctify yourselves and 
he ye holy, for I am holy. He says I am the Lord which 
sanctify you. You see, that you must sanctify yourself, 
(set apart) consecrate yourself to God, willing to do all 
He enjoins upon you to do, then He accepts your offering 
and puts you under His trust, care and keeping, then ye 
shall eat of the fat of the land, for He so sayeth. We 
find in Numbers that God told Moses, because they 
believed not God and did not sanctify the people, that for 
this act they should not possess the promised land, in 
13th verse He says, this is the water of Meribah; (That 
is strife) because the children of Israel strove w T ith the 
Lord. O, how many of you are now striving against the 
Lord, you will not be sanctified to the Lord and made 
holy that ye might inherit the land. Without holiness, 
no man shall see the Lord, remember the bitter waters of 
Meribah, You tell me if you get sanctified you must 



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quit wearing all unnecessary apparal, only dress neat and 
clean, that you must not attend theatres, and dance, or 
mingle with the w T orldly in games of mirth, stop getting 
up church festivals, play parties, quit robbing the devil 
to pay God, (The last assertion is false) you must rob the 
devil of your time and give it to God. Yes, the ministers 
of our churches say it is all right, get all the money out 
of the devil you can, use every means to cheat the devil 
possible, get up church fairs, festivals, games of amuse- 
ments, Epworth League socials, church socials, and 
suppers; its all right, the church must be sociable, young 
folks must have fun, and can't live without. Why yes, 
and they say get up raffles—now just get the money by 
some hook or crook, and hand it over to the church, for 
the church is your mother, and the church is the Lord's, 
and He will bless you. 

Oh, my God, does your preachers tell you such stuff. 
Why yes, and that's the reason I like them, because they 
let us have lots of fun, and makes things so lively and 
nice, and then they take part with us, and you couldn't 
tell him from anybody else; and 0, how it makes his eyes 
sparkle if he hears we got a nice little sum for the church. 
O, it's jolly to look in his glad eyes, for he's so glad we 
were so cute as to pull the wool over the devil's eyes, and 
get so much out of him; and then it's so nice you know, 
to associate with those people out of the church, why, if 
you was to see them and us together you couldn't tell 
W T hich was the church members, why, I wouldn't be one 
of those shouting kind of Christians that are so afraid of 
a few worldly pleasures, as they call them, I call them 
nice Christian pleasures, why, I wouldn't for the world 



get up and shout in church, I think it would be such a 
disgrace. Stop you idiots. No, I must tell you what my 
sweet minister says; bless his soul, he says that people 
used to shout in olden times, and years ago when this 
country was new, and they were gross and ignorant; he 
says that was ancient, and the habits and custom and 
manners of the people needed it then; that it was all 
right then. But now in these modern times in this 
19th century, I say as he puts it, things are altogether 
different; this is an enlightened age and day, people know 
more than they did then; why the manners and customs 
of the people are so different, the society he says ranks so 
much higher, people could not stand those old vulgar 
people with ther vulgar ways. I say now, stop lunatic. 
Those old people, those ancient people, those ignorant 
people, with their vulgar ways as your preacher terms 
them, they were your fathers and mothers, and his and 
mine, and they died with more common sense than your 
preacher, or you will ever possess, if you live to he ten 
thousand years old. Go tell your preachers to read 2d 
Pet. 2:9, 10, 12, 18, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 
James 4th chapter, and 2d Tim. 3rd and 4th chapters, 
there he will behold himself as in a glass, it is his history, 
and if he don't repent he will find his doom in Rev. 21:8. 
But I will return to my subject, for it is written Rev. 
22:11. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he 
which is filthly let him be filth] y still: and he that is 
righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, 
let him be holy still. Rev. 2:11. He that hath an ear, 
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches: he 
that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 



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Moses and the children of Israel did not overcome, and 
failed to get into the promised land and possess it, because 
they sanctified not themselves, and were disobedient to the 
Lord. Let us profit by their mistake and take heed, lest 
we loose our eternal inheritance, for this was a figure. 

Isa. 1:18. Come now, let us reason together saith the 
Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as 
white as snow; though they be red as crimson, they shall 
be as wool. And he says in the 19th verse, if ye be will- 
ing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20th 
verse, but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with 
the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

Ezek. 18:26. When a righteous man turneth away 
from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and 
dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall 
he surely die. Be careful then my brother, and get sanc- 
tified and abide in it. Job, that good and perfect man of 
God, he sanctified himself and sons. Job 1:5, etc. And 
everytime the sons of God came together the devil showed 
his deceitful face. And it is so today. And he comes 
under the cloak of religion more than any other way, you 
see him in the minister, he will preach that you must 
live holy lives, very seldom tell them what holiness is, or 
how to get it, and when people comes around preaching 
straight holiness, he tells his members they must not go 
to the holiness meetings, that they are ignorant humbugs, 
and if they do go, they will turn them out of their church. 
Then, there is the weak minister, he professes holiness, 
but preaches it only once in awhile, and when he does 
preach it, he gets down on his knees before his people, 
and says, 0, God, if I have said anything wrong please 



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Lord forgive me. Well, I see this much, such a prayer 
gives his members the benefit of the doubt. Why did 
he not pray God to send the truth home to their hearts, 
and seal it there. If he preached it from the word of 
(J-od it was truth, and there was no necessity of giving 
the doubt, nay, it was sinful. If he did not know he was 
preaching the truth, then he ought not to preach. Ah, 
but he has unbelieving members that help get his bread, 
and he would offend God who gives the bread of eternal 
life rather than loose a few ungodly members that have 
hardly a form of godliness, and deny all the powers 
thereof. Like preachers, like members. May the time 
speedily come when we can have all true men, holy men 
of God at the helm to guide the ship of the church. You 
need not wonder that the people doubt sanctification, and 
true holiness, when they are not taught it, but instead 
are taught everything else, and especially to climb up 
some other way, to get in the fold, but Jesus says, I am 
the way, the truth, and the light, and any man he says, 
that will try to get in by any other way, is both a thief 
and a robber. And the way is John 17:17, 18, 19, 
through sanctification and holiness, for without it you 
can't see God. Isa. says, sanctify the Lord of hosts him- 
self; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 
Well you say, you don't want to live in fear and dread, 
you are living in fear and dread of hell every day. Now, 
you want to get sanctified and get holy, and then you 
will love God with all your soul, mind and strength, and 
you will take pleasure in dreading, and fearing to offend 
Him. When a young man truly loves a maiden, what 
pleasure he takes to please her, how he fears her dis- 



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pleasure, how he does dread to say or do the least thing 
to cause a separation and loose her, why he would give 
his life and soul to win her and have her his own. And 
in all this fear, love and dread he is the very happiest 
mortal, and has unspeakable delight and pleasure in 
bending to her wants and wishes. So with the saints, 
they live in constant fear and dread of loosing that great 
reward, eternal life and happiness, their love is so great 
that they can bear with all the sneers, and scoffs, and 
abuse of a wicked world fearing the dipleasure of God 
and a Saviour who redeemed them, rather than heed the 
illusion of devils. And in the trust of a loving Father, 
can lean sweetly, savingly, calmly, lovingly, with all 
pleasure on Jesus' breast, and when your life's work is 
done, breath out your life sweetly there. Glory to God. 
Isa, 5:16. For God that is holy shall be sanctified in 
righteousness. (And not in sins.) Isa. 13:3. I have 
commanded my sanctified ones. It is plain there were 
sanctified people away back from Adam on up to Christ, 
and he was sanctified that all his people should be sanc- 
tified. John 17:17. Now, why with all this reasoning 
and Bible proof will you dispute it, remember you are not 
disputing me, but you are disputing the divine word of 
God, and thereby you call God a liar. God is sanctified 
in every man who believes in Him and does His will, and 
when this is the case we are sanctified in Him, I in Him, 
and He in me. Hear Eze. 20:41. I will accept you with 
your sweet Saviours, when I bring you out from the peo- 
ple, and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 
Ezek, 28:22. He tells w T hen this will be done, and in the 
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showing that it will be when Christ comes; that it shall 
be in the later days, and Christ and his Aposlles claimed 
that to be the latter days and bless God, the believers was 
sanctified in those days, baptized with the Holy Ghost, 
and with fire. In the 21st and 22nd verses he mentions 
the sword and blood, and regardless of all theology. This 
alludes to the sword of the Spirit which is the word of 
God, and the blood mentioned there alludes to the blood 
of the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall sanctify us by that 
word, and seal us by his blood, Hallelujah. And the 
heathen being brought against the land means sinners 
coming up and fighting against Gods people, He says it 
shall be in the latter days and he says, I shall be sanctified 
in thee. Then he shows that it will not stop there for in 
the 23rd verse he says: Thus will I magnify myself, and 
sanctify myself; (Read John 17:17. for proof) and I will 
be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall 
know that I am the Lord. How? by Jesus Christ the 
Son of God being sanctified in us. That is the way we 
will know him right, and to prove it means us as well as 
the Apostles, read John 17:17, 18, 19, verses — and to all 
that w T ill believe their word. That goes on down to the 
end of the world, and in that day, the last and terrible 
day of the Lord, all will believe, but not saved; those 
that doubted and would not hear, now hear and fear, for 
the devils feared and trembled, so will you that don't 
believe. In that day you will believe, fear, quake and 
tremble. You say these sanctified people make such a 
noise; I think it a disgrace to enlightened people. I will 
answer this by asking you if it is anymore so than when 
you go to a sociable party as you call it, (1 call them the 



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devils tete-a-tete) where everybody is talking and laugh- 
ing at once, and everybody trying to talk the loudest, 
then half that time spent in finding fault with some one 
else, or slandering some one. Shame on you. Then 
when you sit in the theatre or opera house, look at the 
nudity of the actors and hear the meek of some piety 
expressed somewhere, by some saint, and the mock of all 
that is good. Listen at the thundering stamp of feet, the 
thunder of applause, the squeal, and shout as of myriad 
devils. No disgrace there, 0, no, society is enjoying 
itself. So is the devil; yes, laughing at these society 
Christians; how easy lie is deluding them, and leading 
them blindfolded deep down into hell. But let four or 
five saints begin to pray, and sing, and shout the notes 
of the Redeemer. Oh, what a disgrace you say; poor 
sinner; but I say shout, shout and make a glad noise in 
Zion. 

Joel. 2:15 says: Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify 
a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the people, sanc- 
tify the congregation. Please read the whole chapter. 
You tell me this was all in the old Bible, that there is a 
new covenant. Very well, that covenant of olden times 
was a type of the new. And the new covenant is also a 
covenant of blood. 

Matt. 3:17. And lo, a voice from heaven, saying this 
is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Mark. 
1:11 says: Hear him. Matt. 23:19. Christ says: Ye fools 
and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar 
that sanctifies the gift? Now Jesus is the altar and we 
are the gift, if we put ourselves on the altar. The altar 
being sanctified sanctifies the gift. (Proof), John 17:17, 



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to 19. Here he says he sanctifies himself that the Apos- 
tles might be sanctified through the truth. That is his 
word, for lie says sanctify them through thy truth; thy 
word is truth. Now Lord thy word is truth, and we are 
to be sanctified by that word. How? by believing the 
word to be just what the Lord says it is, and obey all 
that I, the Lord commands you to do. Yes, but this is 
to the Apostles. Read again, 20th verse. Neither pray 
I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on 
me through their words. That means me and you, for it 
is not said them that hear the word from their mouth. 
No, thank God, it does not read that way. But them 
that believe on me through their word, let it be written, 
or spoken. Well, what do they say. Acts 20:32. And 
now, brethren^ I commend you to God, and to the word 
of his grace. Now, his grace is favor and that is the 
Holy Ghost, the gift and comforter He was to send after 
He went to heaven. He says which is able to build you 
up and to give you an inheritance among them which are 
sanctified. Paul is our preacher. Acts 26:18. He was 
sent to open the eyes of the blind, and to turn the gentiles 
from darkness to light, and from the power of satan to 
God, that they might receive forgiviness of sins and an 
inheritance among them which are sanctified. Not them 
that will be, but them that are. By faith that is in me, 
(that is in God). Paul says again in Rom. 15:16. What 
he was called for. Please read it. That I should be the 
minister of Jesus Christ to the gentiles, ministering the 
gospel of God, (What for Paul?) that the offering up of 
the (Who?) gentiles might be acceptible, (Tell us how 
Paul?) being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. Well, Tilde- 



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clare, my preacher said there was no Holy Ghost after the 
days of Penticosc, that it only lasted in the days of the 
Apostles. Well, well, and here Paul says he was the 
preacher sent to administer the gospel to the gentiles, 
that they might also be sanctified, and receive the Holy 
Ghost, then I remember in Christ's prayer John 17, that 
Christ prayed, that all that believed through their word 
should be sanctified. I think my minister is mistaken, 
I'll take this thing to God, for I want the truth. And 
hear the old Prophet too. Isa. 66:20. And they shall 
declare my glory among the gentiles, (What Glory?) 
Paul said, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. Phil. 
2:17. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and ser- 
vice of your faith, I w r ill joy, and rejoice with you all. 
1st Cor. 1:2. Unto the church of God which is at Cor- 
rinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called 
to be saints with all in every place call upon the name of 
Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. That takes 
us all in, makes a clean sweep. Glory be to God. In the 
6th to 11th verse, He is speaking of some that went astray, 
and w r hat they were, then turning to the steadfast ones 
who were washed in the bk>od, he says, and such were 
some of you: but ye are washed, but } r e are sanctified in 
the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God, 
(Which is the Holy Ghost). 

1st Cor. 1:30. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who 
of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and 
sanctification, and redemption. 1st Thess. 2:13. For 
this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, 
when ye received the word of God, which ye heard of us, 
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truth, the word of God, which effectially worketh also in 
you that believe. 1st. Thess. 4:2, 8, 4. For ye know 
what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus, for 
this is the will of God, even your sanclification: that every 
one of you should know how to posess his vessel in sancti- 
fication and honor; Webster says possess means, to have 
power over; as an invisible agent or spirit, so you see 
sanctification means a spiritual strength, an invisible 
agency that you can't see, but that you know you have 
and possess, and you have power to retain by being obe- 
dient to the requirements of the agency, which agency in 
this case is the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Ghost, for they 
are both the same. You see, we have power to retain the 
Spirit of God in us to the overruling of evil, how? by con- 
tinual trust and confidence in Him, and doing His com- 
mandments. When we are sanctified, our will is all 
given up to Him, our will is dead in His will, we are all 
given up to God, and we take pleasure in doing His will, 
and pleasure, having no pleasure in doing anything else, 
for then we will be abundantly able to say as the Saviour 
said in the 4th chapter, 8th verse of Luke. Get the 
behind me, satan: for it is written, thou shall worship the 
Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve. 

Now, here we will place the word adultry before the 
mind of the reader and show them that it does not always 
mean in the Scriptures lewdness in men and women as 
so many believe it to mean, and always apply it that way. 
Webster gives the word two distinct meanings, and applies 
it to adultery between man and woman. Then again to 
idolatry: a forsaking of true God, a worshipping of idols, 
as in 2nd Cor. 6:16, and many other places, for he saith 



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in Eph. 5:5, for this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor 
unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, 
hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of 
God (6th verse), because of these things cometh the wrath 
of God. Therefore we want to be sanctified, so the in- 
herited sin, the carnal mind, the sin that bringeth forth 
all these things may be crucified in us by the Holy Ghost 
and fire. 1st Thess. 5:23 And the very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit, 
and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the com- 
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ, (for) faithful is he that 
calleth you, who also will do it, (Do what?) sanctify us, 
and keep us. Now, if we can be wholly sanctified, and 
our spirit, any soul, and body can be preserved blameless 
unto the coming of Christ, then certainly are we holy and 
without sin. Do you think Paul would have so fervently 
prayed for something that was impossible. Now, he tells 
you that you must be sanctified, and prays that you may 
be kept blameless. Certainly you could not be kept 
blameless, unless you were first made blameless, so you 
see you must become blameless, or perfectly free from sin 
in this life, and kept so until Christ comes. 1 Tim. 4:4, 5. 
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be 
refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is 
sanctified by the word of God, and prayer; it does not 
signify who it is, or what the individual's circumstances 
may be, or have been, if he receive the word of God in a 
good honest heart with thankfulness, God will sanctify 
that heart, and purge him from sin. Read carefully the 
2nd chapter of 2nd Tim. Then apply the 21st verse 
which reads: it a man purge himself from these, he shall 



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be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for his Mas- 
ter's use, and prepared unto every good work You see 
God could not honor you unless your vessel be purged, 
and made clean: neither could he be made fit for the 
Master's use, for the Master's cause is a holy one, and it 
would be impossible for Him to use you to His honor and 
glory, unless you were made pure and holy, for he cannot 
look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. Now, 
right here, let me call your attention to the fact, the pas- 
sages of Scripture referred to all along, are applied to the 
present tense, and not in the doubtful future, and in the 
positive also, there are no may bee's about it. 

Heb. 2:11. For both he that sanctifieth and they who 
are sanctified are all one: Yes, so it seems they are; not 
may be, or will in the mistified future, but are. And it 
is Christ that sanctifies, and the subject is man, who is 
sanctified, and are both one. Then, if the subject man is 
sanctified by the sanctifier, and they become one, that is 
in Christ Jesus our Lord, we in Him, and He in us, and 
He being without sin in the w r orld, how then can we be in 
Christ and He in us, and at the same time have sin in us. 
For Paul says let not sin reign in your mortal bodies. 
Again it is said, our bodies is the temple of the living 
God. Now, if that be true, and God dwells in us, then 
we have no sin, for if God be holy He will not dwell in 
us if we sin, because it is of the devil, and God and the 
devil is antagonistic. They never did nor never can har- 
monize. Now, where is your false theology and false 
philosophy that harmonizes God and the devil, by saying 
that sin and God both dwell in the same soul together at 
the same time, it is a lie, and the word of God does not 



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warrant anything of this kind, and if you will throw 
down your creeds, and isms, your church theology, your 
false philosophy, get all that ungodly prejudice and sel- 
fishness, and pride of heart taken out of you, and humble 
yourself before God, and pray with an honest open heart 
before God, confessing all your sins before him and the 
people; putting yourself all on the altar, soul, body and 
spirit, all you have, and all you ever expect to be or have, 
and trust Him to keep you from sin, you can be sancti- 
fied in ten minutes, then you will be able to obey the 
first and great commandment with all the rest of the 
commandments, and never before. For Paul says in the 
same verse that, for which cause he is not ashamed to call 
them brethren. Glory be to God. If you will carefully 
study with an unprejudiced mind unbiased by your 
creed and your isms, theology, or your philosophy so- 
called, the whole of 2 chapters of Heb. you will get the 
full meaning, as well as the necessity of becoming sancti- 
fied. Then compare its connections with the Saviour's 
prayer to the Father. John 17:17, 18, 19, 20. Now, Paul 
says in Heb. 10: 14: For by one offering he hath per- 
fected forever them that are sanctified. Not those that 
were justified, but them that a-r-e sanctified. Not them 
that get sanctified at their death, or at the resurrection of 
the body; no, no, none of these as some will have it. But 
now the present tense, them that are sanctified. For it is 
written, today is the day of salvation, if ye hear His voice 
harden not your hearts, for His spirit will not always strive 
with man. The same verse goes on to say: Whereof 
the Holy Ghost also is a witness, to us: for after that he 
had said before, — this is the covenant that I will make 



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with them after those days, saith the Lord, will I put my 
laws into their hearts, and in their minds will 1 w r rite 
them. In whose minds? Why, in the minds of the sanc- 
tified ones, for it is this class He is and has been speaking 
about, Paul refers here to the prophecy of Jer. 31:33. 

Heb. 10:17, 18. And their sins and iniquities will I 
remember no more. Now, where remission of these are, 
there is no more offering for sin. Don't talk to me about 
sinning every day, for there is but the one offering, and 
if you sin wilfully after you once accept the offering for 
your sin, you have no more offering. 26th Verse. For 
if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge 
of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. 
Now, don't this strike you about this way? When you 
have once seen the light and known him in the pardon 
of your sin; that you have used the atoning sacrifice, the 
offering, as for as you are individually concerned, and as 
God covenanted to do with you; therefore, if you sin will- 
fully your chance is gone, else there would need be a new 
offering. Read on the chapter through, especially notice 
the 35th to 38th verses, and more especially the 39th verse. 
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; 
but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Who 
are these Paul?) Was I not speaking of the sanctified 
ones. But what do you mean by them that draw back to 
perdition? Why, these are the ungodly, that get justified, 
and say they can't live without commiting sin; they say 
they sin nearly every day, and that they know they sin. 
Of course they know it, or they could not sin; yes they 
know they sin, and go on committing sin every day and 
say they know it. In place of going to God, and putting 



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their trust in God, and get sanctified, obeying His will, 
which is their sanctification, they rely on that ungodly 
self, and that is the carnal mind which is always at 
enmity with God, is not subjected to His law, neither can 
it be. For it is of the devil, that evil nature that went 
out of the devil into Adam in the Garden of Eden. You 
inherited it, you can't help it; it was not you fault. But 
the actual sins you have committed or will commit, you 
are personally responsible for, and God pardons you for 
these, then tells you to go on to perfection; put your body, 
mind anxl soul, all you possess or ever expect to have, 
saying here Lord I am thine, mine is thine, now, hence- 
forth and forever, do with me what thou wilt, come life, 
come death; come what may, I am thine wholly, thine for 
weal or woe. Do with me what thou wilt Jesus, I am 
thine, and God will sanctify your soul; take out the old 
Adam. You have now crucified the flesh; sin becomes 
dead in you; the carnal man is subdued, your passions of 
anger, pride, malice, and strife are dead, the lust for sin 
is gone; you have a new man, Christ ruling in, and reign- 
ing over you; and He your King, the King of righteous- 
ness reigns in you, and He without sin, but his righteous- 
ness is in your heart, and you have no desire at all to sin. 
Praise the Lord. But you depend on your own strength, 
and lean on your own weak arm, and you finally begin to 
weaken; your trust is getting weak, you try to live without 
sin, trust your own weak mind to lead you, but you sin, 
sin, sin, until the devil gets your heart all stained black 
with sin; you loose all your trust in God; you don't 
believe He will keep you until He gives you over to hard- 
ness of heart, that you might believe a lie that you may 



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be damned, just because you would not believe his word, 
because it did not agree with your poor, weak,selfish nature, 
therefore, Paul tells you, you are one of those that draw 
back, and go to perdition, and perdition means hell. 
Paul says ye have need of patience, that after ye have 
done the will of God ye might receive the promise. Now, 
Paul says here, after you have done the will of God, 
What was that will he speaks of here? Why undeniably 
sanctification, for this is what he is talking about. Then 
his will is our sanctification. So, you see, after we get 
sanctified, we need patience, so we will receive the pro- 
mise. And again we have no promise unless we do His 
will; that is get sanctification. (He says) For a little 
while, and he that shall come will come, and not tarry. 
Now, the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw 
back my soul (Positive) shall have no pleasure in Him. 

Rev. 22:11 7 12. He that is unjust, let him be unjust 
still: and he that is filthly, let him be filthly still: and 
he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he 
that is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I come 
quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man 
according as his work shall be. If we sin we are sinners. 

Ezek. 18:26. When a righteous man turneth away 
from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and 
dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall 
he die. Then we have great need of having the old man 
within; with all his deeds crucified, and crucified means 
killed. And it takes sanctification to do it. Praise the 
Lord for sanctification, that purifies the heart, and cleanses 
from all sin, and takes away all desire for sin, and keeps 
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Because it kills the old man, the germ of sin, and im- 
plants in us instead the seed of righteousness, and we love 
God with all our soul, mind, and strength, our whole 
nature is changed, we now hate sin, and love righteous- 
ness. Peter in his Epistle to the strangers scattered 
about in the different places writes thus: 

1 Pet. 1:2, Elect according to the foreknowledge of 
God the Father, through sanctification of the spirit, unto 
obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. 
Now if you will throw aside prejudice, and theology, and 
accept the word as it is written in his word, you will find 
that it needs no philosophy to explain it. The above 
quotation from Peter that the sanctifiation spoken of in 
this text means all that believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 
to the cleansing of all s-i-n, for he says elect, this means 
that by the condition in the atonement there could be no 
elect only by complying with the conditions laid down in 
the atonement, and all that, or w-h-o-s-o-e-v-e-r would 
comply with all the conditions of the atonement should 
be the elect, and no other, for he saith according to the 
foreknowledge of God the Father, which foreknowledge 
of God consisted in him knowing that it w r ould require 
the salification of the heart, a full consecration to God, 
full submission and trust in Him, a purging out of the 
sin of Adam, to complete this glorious salvation and meet 
the divine atonement, so that we might be worthy to be 
numbered among the elect of God, And all that will, 
may be of the elect. And that will do w r hat? Believe on 
the Lord Jesus Chrisc and do His commandment, and 
His will, and His will is, even your sanctification. Then 
you can obey the first and great commandment. For 



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when you are sanctified of the Spirit, it is of the Holy 
Ghost, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of 
Jesus Christ, which cleanses from a-l~l sin, and they are 
kept. 

1 Pet. 1:5. Who are kept by the power of God, (How?) 
through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the 
last time. Now, it is not of our will, but of faith, and 
that unto salvatation, we believe without a doubt or fear, 
because we have performed His will. Verses 14, 15, 17. 
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according 
to the former lusts in the flesh : but as he which hath called 
you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation. 
For it saith, be ye holy; for I am holy. Now, do you 
believe a pure and holy Christ would take up his abode in 
a heart that is all scarred and blackened with sin; no, no, 
you don't believe it, you cant believe it for a moment 
because he cleanses the heart, makes it pure and clean, then 
he enters in and sups with you, and you with him, and 
whenever you let the devil come in, then Christ goes out. 
Sin and the Holy Spirit cannot dwell together in the heart 
at the same time, because sin is of the devil, and the Holy 
Spirit is of God. And God and the devil are antagonistic. 
For God sent his spirit in the person of Jesus Christ 
into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil, 
therefore there is no congeniality between the two. And 
if you have the spirit of God in you, then is there no 
devil or sin in you. You cannot mix oil and water 
together in the same vessel. Much more, you cannot mix 
the spirit of God and the spirit of the devil in your heart. 
God is love, and the devil everything to the opposite of 
love. The seed of the devil, which is sin must be kept 



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out of the heart or God will not dwell in us, as Peter says. 
1 Peter 1:23. Being born again, not of corruptible 
seed, but of incorruptile, (How?) by the word of God, 
which liveth and abideth forever, therefore says 1st Peter 
3:15: Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be 
always ready to give an answer to every man that asketh 
a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and 
fear. What does God want of his church? Eph. 5:26. 
That he might sanctify and cleanse it; with the washing 
of water by the word, that ye might present it to himself 
a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any 
such thing: but that it should be h-o-l-y and without 
blemish. Heb. 13:12. Wherefore Jesus also, that he 
might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered 
without the gate. Now, what did He die for? That He 
might sanctify the people. Yes, that is what he died for, 
then if that is what He died for, is it not reasonable that 
we must be sanctified, if that w r as the purpose for which 
He died. And it says so here, now compare with John 
17:17, 18, 19, 20. Yes, yes, I see all that, but I just can't 
believe we can live without sin in this world. Poor blind 
soul, you never can until you let God and the Holy 
Ghost burn that ungodly self conceit out of your heart, 
and just believe that, his word means what it says. Now, 
He never once alludes to a fool becoming very wise, but 
He does say that the way of holiness is so plain that a 
wayfaring man though a fool shall not err therein. Then 
you pretend to say I'm a fool because I do not believe as 
you do. 0, no sir, God told Isaiah that the way of holi- 
ness was so plain, as above. Now, if you won't accept 
God's word which is truth, and try to get to heaven on a 



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road built of your own imaginations, and theories, and 
when you come to the end of the road, where it must be 
bridged, with the bridge made by, the pure word of God, 
and supported by faith or you can't span the bridge that 
reaches from mortal to immortality. When you get to 
that great chasm it takes all the pure word, the truth of 
God, and unfeigned faith, and the cleansing blood, and 
the Holy Ghost, and the divine power of God to build the 
bridge at the end of the road, and you have left this essen- 
tial timber behind you, and have picked up rotten, light 
material of your own making, when you get to the chasm 
you will find that your material is all both too short, and 
too rotten, then it will be too late; you are at the end of 
your self constructed road; and find you have been 
weighed in the balance and found wanting; you have con- 
structed your own highway, it has carried you, your car- 
nal desires, your worldly pleasures, your self, and your 
pride of heart up to the dark deep chasm that lies between 
mortality and immortality, between heaven and hell, 
between eternal life and everlasting damnation. You are 
now at the end of your road, the bridge must be built; 
you bring forward the timbers of your own hewing, 
pointed out by the devil's selfishness and unbelief, etc.; 
you now commence building the first span of the bridge, 
you get out over the chasm ready for the next span, you 
look up, you see eternal life, light, joy, peace and happi- 
ness, away up and over, and beyond the chasm, with the 
beautiful King on his throne of glory; you turn your eye 
and cast your glance down, down, into midnight darkness 
and gloom; you become dizzy, you tremble, you cry out, 
oh, where is the two timbers, faith and trust, I cannot 



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build the next span so that I can reach the God's half- 
way drawbridge on the other side. I again look up to the 
face of the King, he looks at me with oh, such pity, and 
cries out where is your clamp of hope to bind your rotten 
timbers, where is your faith, your trust; I turn trembling, 
and look down, and behold, Satan and his angels, with 
thousands upon thousands of the damned standing far 
down in that deep, dark gulf, wrapped in flame and fire, 
and smoke, grinning and yelling fiends of hell; his 
satanic majesty pointing at me with hellish gloating fin- 
ger of scorn and glee, crying and laughing with his sar- 
castic grin, you are mine, mine, I furnished you with 
that bridge timber of self conceit, of doubt and distrust in 
God; I told you God did not mean just what he said in 
His word; I fixed up false philosophy for you, you came 
very nearly believing God and taking Him at his word; 
I told you what bosh it was, certainly you could see 
that it was all foolishness in, you as smart and intelligent 
a person as you were, certainly you could see that God 
did not mean that you should profess all this silly non- 
sence, that you were just as good as those that profess 
holiness, and better than many of them; I told you to 
build your owm road that would run gradually down- 
ward on a gradual sloping plain, with pleasures un- 
bounded, strewn with flowers and music. Yes, and you 
believed every word I said before you would God's true 
w r ord, I wanted you, and now I will claim you as one of 
my subjects, look up to God now and see if he smiles, ah, 
ha. Look at the wrath of His displeasure, do you see 
that laugh turned to scorn, ah, do you hear that voice 
saying, depart from me I never knew you, depart from me 



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into the eternal burnings prepared for the devil and his 
angels; I told you says the lord, that I would mock when 
your fear cometh. The devil says call on him now and 
see if he will hear; you look up, but all is darkness and 
blackness, you hear a voice, — the bridge, the bridge is 
broken loose from the shore, you cry, I'm lost, — I'm lost, 
— I'm going down, down, down through midnight dark- 
ness into black despair, too late, too late to repent, I'm 
now in a devil's hell; devils grinning, demons annoying 
me, they are my companions, drunkards and thieves, 
liars, robbers, and murderers, and all the filth of the world 
are riiy companions; oh, how I am tormented in these 
flames, how my tongue sw r ells in my mouth. 0, if I had but 
one drop of water to cool my parched tongue, and this 
must continue forever; Ah, if I had believed God's word, 
my road would have been on the highway of holiness; my 
timbers of faith, hope and charity; my bridge would have 
been of sound timbers, and I could have built my bridge 
halfway, and God would have pushed out the draw-bridge 
of his love, and bound the bridge together with trust, 
meeting it with my hope, and then beckoned me to him 
with a smiling face, saying come up thou good and faith- 
ful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few 7 things, I 
will make you ruler over many, come up and inherit the 
kingdom prepared for thee from the foundation of the 
world; for thou hast heard my voice, and obeyed my 
word, thou wast sanctified by my truth, accepted by me 
for thy faith and obedience; now enjoy my presence for- 
ever. But, oh; I slighted these opportunities and offered 
mercies, called God a liar, and believed the devil, and am 
in a devils hell, away from God and his peacefull presence 



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forever, where his power never can reach me, because he 
said in his book, if I believed on him and would do his 
commandments and will, I should have eternal life; and 
if I did not do these things I should be damned. Ah, I 
see it all now, my damnation is just, for God cannot lie, 
and he told me if I believed him to be the Christ, the son 
of the living God and would accept Him as my personal 
Saviour, and do all His commandments and His will I 
should have life; but I failed to love Him with all my 
soul, mind, and strength, and my neighbor as myself. 
Yea, I failed to do His whole will by not being sanctified, 
I kept back a part of the price, and I now must pay the 
penalty of the law. For every jot and tittle of the law 
must be fulfilled, God cannot lie. And sanctification is 
the last requirement made in the covenant of grace and 
fulfillment of the law, then abide there, for He is faithful 
and just to keep us. This I found when too late. And 
O, if I could come back from hell to earth and convince 
my comrades and friends what a mistake I made by 
believing the world and the devil, instead of taking God 
at his word so that I might keep them out of this tor- 
ment. It seems it would be some relief in my punish- 
ment. 

Now, if you will with an unprejudiced mind read this 
little book, carefully examine the reference as presented, 
you certainly will find that there is a sanctification, that 
it comes after justification, and is the fulfillment in the 
end of the law of atonement; and that you must be sanc- 
tified before you can finish the law for which the atone- 
ment was made. You will also find that it is positively 
necessary to get it here in this world, and the sooner you 



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get it the better, then when you get it call it by its right 
name; for remember that in consecrating yourself to God, 
that you sanctify yourself, or set yourself apart from all 
the world and self to God to do his pleasure, by which act 
you put your self and all you have on the altar, Christ 
being the altar, and Christ being sanctified, the altar of 
course is sanctified, now, you are the gift, and you sanc- 
tified, or set yourself apart unreservedly to do His will 
and pleasure, you place yourself on the altar Christ, and 
Christ the altar being sanctified sanctifies you, the gift. 
Now then, Christ being sanctified and free from sin and 
holy, does it not plainly follow 7 , chat the sancdfer, and 
the sanctified become one and both are holy. I will again 
impress on your mind that if Christ be sanctified, and he 
is the altar, and we be placed on that altar, will we not 
become partakers of the altar, which is holy and without 
sin. 

Now again we take upon ourselves the nature of Christ 
by this act, and he being holy and free from sin, and he 
rules in us, and reigns over us, we give up to his will and 
pleasure, would it not be natural for us to live without 
sin, and be wholly free from sin. Because he has no 
pleasure in sin, and if he rule in us then have we no 
pleasure in sin also, for we are one in Christ, and it says 
let this mind be in you which was in Christ, (What for?) 
that ye sin not. Now, when the same mind is in us that is 
in Christ, then have we a mind to do his will; because, 
his w T ill is then supreme in us, and if we be born of God, 
and we do no sin, because his seed remainth in us, and 
his seed is righteousness, and to be righteous we must do 
his will, and his w r ill is even our sanctification to carry 



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out all the law of the atonement; making us dead to sin, 
freed from its entanglements through trust and confidence 
toward God in the atonement. You say search the Scrip- 
tures for in them ye think ye have eternal life. Yes, you 
are just like the people Christ w r as talking to, then blind 
and full of superstition. You think you have eternal 
life in them, but Christ wanted to show them that they 
were searching them blindly, and paying no heed to the 
word, and not answering the requirements of the word. 
Just like many of you are doing today. 

PART THIRD. 

I wash to talk a while on Holiness, and in order to do 
this I am bound to use sanctification in connection with 
Holiness, for the two are inseperable. And you will 
remember that whenever you fight against holiness you 
fight against God, for God is holy and tells us that we 
must be holy as he is holy. But it is well first to take a 
few versions of the word holy from Webster. First the 
word Holiness is derived from the word holy, the state of 
being holy or sacred, goodness, purity, godliness, sacred- 
ness, solemnity, a saint or holy being. That which is set 
apart, or separated and set apart to the service of God. 
He says w 7 hen it is applied to human beings, holiness is 
purity of heart, sanctified affections, but not perfect as 
God is perfect, in wisdom, power, love, and goodness, or 
in divinity, but free from sin, Now T , we will not elabo- 



rate very much on this subject as we have already proven 
in our remarks on sanctification our postion, which is 
that we must become holy and without sin before the 
Lord; before we can see God, or enter heaven. We do not 
in these premises, undertake to prove that we can be holy 
as God is perfect in holiness, only as far as sin is concern- 
ed. We take the premise that we can, and must become 
holy and without sin, as Christ lived without sin. Which 
indeed we have already proved to any reasonable and 
unprejudiced mind. When we say we are holy, and live 
holy lives, or have holy hearts, w T e mean that we are 
living perfect before God as far as committing wilful sing 
are concerned; we do not claim to be perfect as God. is 
perfect in the attributes, but we do claim to be so 
swallow r ed up in love to God and his cause, that we can- 
not commit a wilfull sin, for if we take him at his word, 
he says he will cleanse us from all sin, and keep us, and 
we believe it. In the old Testament Scriptures every- 
thing pertaining to the ministry and use of the church 
was sanctified, and called holy, because it was set apart 
to the service of the Lord, and became holy in his eyes, 
as long as it was held sacred to him. And whenever the 
children of Israel went contrary to the covenants they 
suffered for it, any disobedience was severely punished, 
just as you or I will be punished for breaking the cove- 
nont of the new. Now r , by believing on the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and accepting the covenant of grace, we must 
believe his word explicitly, not wavering or doubting, 
take him at his word, and all will be right. We must 
consider God what he is, a holy being as in Exodus 15:11, 
Who is like unto thee, Lord, among the Gods! who is 



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like the, glorious in holiness, fearful in praise, doing 
wonders. Exo. 28:36. And thou shalt make a plate of 
pure gold and grave upon it Holiness unto the Lord. 
And this was placed on Aaron's head. And here, let me 
say, if we were to engrave the words Holiness unto the 
Lord on the walls of our Churches, our homes, on our 
banners, and our hearts as the children of Israel were com- 
manded to do, we would not he so afraid of using the words 
for it means holiness. Read Exo. 89:30, Lev. 6:16, and 
10:17, and 20:3 and 22:2 and 82. Deut 7:6 6, here the 
Lord tells, that he chose this people Israel to be a holy 
people; and neither did he chose them because they were 
a numerous people, for they were the fewest of all people, 
just like the holiness people of to day. But they did not 
all remain holy, for many sinned, just as some do to day. 
Does it hit you, brother? Search your heart and see if 
you are not one of the rebellious children. Read Deut. 
8 to 12, and 14:2, 21, and 26:29, and 28:9. If thou shalt 
keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk 
in His ways. That is the condition of holiness, that you 
keep his commandments and walk in His ways. Now, if 
you walk in God's w T ays, then will you be holy, for God 
is holy, and His ways are ways of holiness. Read the 
1st Kings 8; 2 Kings 19, and see w T hat people get by dis- 
turbing the holy things of God. Then read the 16th 
chapter from 8 to 12 verses of 1 Chron., and see how you 
shall do, and what, in order to receive his pleasure; also 
35th verse. And in the 29th verse he tells how to wor- 
ship Him in the beauty of holiness, 2 Chron. 16:21 tells 
you again. And in 2 Chron. 31:18 it shows you how 
they were sanctified in holiness, Job, in the 6th chapter 



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and 10th verse, says I have not concealed the words of 
the Holy One. 

Now, the words.of the Holy One, from lid to lid of His 
Holy Book is sanctificalion and holiness unto the Lord; 
and even the title of the book, the finger-board to what 
the book contains, is Holy Bible, Holy History of God, 
His people, and holy ways— the very essence of God and 
holiness. But we have a set of people that deny that we 
can live holy and without sin, just because they are not 
right in the eyes of God themselves; and they know it, 
and in order to cover their ungodly sins, and appear to 
the eyes of the people that they are doing the very best 
they can, they claim they can't live without sin and live 
holy. They w T ould rather make God a liar, and make the 
people think they w : ere all right. But remember God 
know 7 s your reprobate heart, and you are not only deceiv- 
ing yourself, but you are a stumbling block over whom 
sinners fall into hell. Get out of the way of sinners by 
telling them that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from 
all sin. And his power is able to keep them from sin. 
Then live it out in your every day life, actions 5 and con- 
versations, make yourself a living example of your pro- 
fession. I wish all could say with Job, I have not con- 
cealed the word of the Holy One. 

Now read Psa. 5:7, and 11:4, and 16:10, and 2:29, 
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto hi$ name: wor- 
ship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. That must be 
without sin. Psa. 30:40, and Psa. 93: 5, Thy testi- 
monies are very sure: holiness becomes thy house, O 
Lord, for ever. Not only among the children of Israel, 
but among all his people forever. Psa. 9:6, 9 f and 96:12, 



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Rejoice in the Lord, } r e righteous; and give thanks at the 
rem ember ance of his holiness. Psa. 103:1, and 108:7, 
and 110:3, and 111:9. And if the religious skeptic will 
read Isa. 1:4, 5, 6, he will find his history. Now read 
Isa. 10:16, to 21st verses, showing this holiness that shall 
come upon his people that will obey him. Isa. 29:19, 
20, 21, 23, and Isa, 30:8, to 13, here it shows that you 
are following after the rebellious children. Now read 
Isa. 35:8. The way of holiness is so plain that a fool 
shall not err, but if you dispute the authority of God's 
word, you make yourself Avorse than a fool, you make 
God a liar, and seal damanation to your soul. God don't 
do it, you do it, and when you arrive in hell among the 
damned, for your disobedience, you will say my damna- 
tion is just. Isa. 40:24, to 31, Isa. 41:11, to 20, Isa. 
43:15, and 47:4, and 49:7, and 55:5, 6, 7, 8, and 56:6, to 
8, and 57:13, to 15, and 60:9, to 14, and 62:9, 12, and 
63:10, 11, and 65: 5, 11; Jer. 2:2, and 50:29; Joel. 2:1, 
and 3:17, 18; Zech. 8:3, and 14:20, 21; Mai. 2:11. 

Now, if you will read carefully the passages referred 
to, you will see the law of holiness, and the promises of 
God to those that practice holiness, and the results of 
disobedience. Further you observe that everything in 
and for the church Avas always ordered to be sanctified, 
and to be considered holy; that in order to fill the com- 
mands and will of Gocl, eA^ery man, Avoman and child had 
to be sanctified to the Lord and was called holy. For he 
saith, my people shall be a holy people. Yes, you say 
but that Avas all in the old Bible; there is a neAv covenant 
of grace in the neAv Testament Scriptures. Very well, 
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you will also acknowledge that under the old law you 
find types and shadows of the new. First, I want to 
show you that the devil was the first fellow that holiness 
affected when Christ came to establish His holy church 
under the new covenant, and whenever you hear slight 
remarks made about holiness, and holiness people, you 
can just set it down that the devil is at the bottom of it. 
The devil hated holiness from the beginning, for it is 
holiness that will finally destroy his kingdom and send him 
to a devils hell, and all his agents that fight holiness will 
take part and lot with him in hell, unless they speedily 
turn to the Lord and get on this highway of holiness. 
Now we will turn to Mark 1:24. Let us alone; (says the 
devils) what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of 
Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who 
thou art, the Holy One of God. Ah yes, you see the 
very devils feared and trembled at the name of the Holy 
One knowing that this, the new and holy covenant should 
be the beginning of the end of his kingdom. And he is 
now working in the hearts of the people to fight holiness 
in order to hold his kingdom just as long as possible, and 
I tell you again, wdienever you talk against holiness, or 
his people who claim to be holy you are in league with 
the devil You say I take a strong position. I have the 
word of God to back my position, thank God. And I 
have the every day actions of men and women that veri- 
fies the assertion made here. Whenever you begin to 
preach that you must live holy and without sin, you will 
hear the devil begin to stir, and tell all kinds of lies. But 
we will see what Christ came to do in the world, and 
what kind of record he told us to make in order that we 



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might have eternal lfe. We will turn to his birth, Luke 
1:15. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and 
shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. Now, this was John 
the forerunner of Chr'st filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
what does this man say that had the Holy Ghost. John 
1:8 says, he was not that Light, but was sent to bear wit- 
ness of that Light. Now, follow me closely, and you 
will see that the Holy Ghost had to deal sometime or the 
other with everyone that had relation with him. The 
mother and father of John were all full of the Holy Ghost. 
The parents of Jesus also, and you will not dispute Christ 
being the spirit of God, for he gave us the word, and 
John says 1:1, 2: In the beginning was the word, and 
the word was with God, and the word was God. 14th 
Verse. And the word was made flesh and dwelt among 
us. Now John, what did Christ come for? 26th to 27th 
verses and 29th verse. Behold the Lamb of God that 
taketh away the s-i-n of the world. That is the carnal 
mind the root of sin, the Adamic nature, that 3^011 in- 
herited. That is the sin He came to take away, your 
actual sins that you commit He forgives you, but He came 
to take away your s-i-n, the original sin of Adam, which 
we will speak of frequently. Now, we read in Luke 1:67, 
that Zacharias John's father was filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and prophesied, 76, 77, verses, that we might serve 
God without fear, in holiness and righteousness before 
him, all the clays of our life, (I suppose that means what 
it says) not until a few trials over takes us, but ail the 
days of our life. And then it says in holiness and right- 
eousness, yes, thank God, holy and without sin. Luke 
4:1. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost. Yes, 



Jesus was full of the Holy Ghost. You will notice as we 
go along that this gospel is a dispensation of the Holy 
Ghost; and if Christ be full of the Holy Ghost and He be 
in you, then is the Holy Ghost in you also, it could not 
be otherwise; then if Christ and the Holy Ghost both be 
in us, how can we sin, because we have the good nature 
in us, and that is holy, and the leaven in us leaveneth 
the w T hole lump. And agam, we are to walk in his ways 
and footsteps, and His ways are ways of holiness, and his 
steps were steps of holiness. Now, what will you say 
about it? This being the case, it will be impossible to 
follow Christ without holiness, perfect hol'ness, free from 
sin. Wait, don't call God a liar. Now, I want you to 
keep in mind that the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost 
are one and the same thing. Luke 11:13. If ye then, 
being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your chil- 
dren: how much more shall your heavenly Father give 
the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Acts 2:4. And 
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, arid began to 
speak, etc, as the spirit gave them utterance. 32d Verse, 
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we are witnesses, 
and having received of the Father the promise of the 
Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see 
and hear. yes, when you receive the Holy Ghost we 
will see the fruits and hear from you. Now, no one felt 
that spirit save the ones that received it, but they heard 
and saw the effect. I can see the effect of a burn on your 
hand, but I can't feel the pain, I believe you have pain 
from what you say about it, and from your actions, I 
have no right to tell you that you lie, you have no pain, 
but if I want to be thoroughly convinced that you have 



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pain, I will burn my hand the same way you did, and 
immediately I know it causes pain, because I fell it. I 
heard a minister illustrate sanctificatlon and the baptism 
of the Holy Ghost like this, you ask the native of Alaska 
to tell you how a fine flavored peach tastes, and he will 
tell you at once, that he has never tasted one. therefore 
cannot tell. . But present to him a peach and inform him 
that it has an excellent flavor, and that if he will just 
taste it, he will have an immediate desire to eat the whole 
peach, and will have a desire for more, and more; now, 
if he does not believe you, and refuses to eat, he will still 
remain ignorant of its wonderful and pleasing taste, after 
having it urged upon him from time to time, and seeing you 
eat, and rejoice in its r'chness, he begins to believe you 
are not misrepresenting it, and taste it and 0, joy, it is 
so far superior in flavor, and sweetness, even far beyond 
your description, that he immediately urges his friends 
and neighbors to try it, and never tires in telling them 
how good it is. Now, you only know what extreme joy, 
peace and comfort there is in sanctiflcation by tasting it. 
Now, I tell you that I am sanctified by the baptism of 
the Holy Ghost, that I have no disposition to sin, that 
all anger and lust has left me, that I enjoy myself so 
much better than in a justified state, that I am happy all 
the time, though tempted, and tried on every hand, yet 
have a calm assurance within, a trust in God that he will 
keep me, and it causes me to have a constant rejoicing 
in my soul. You have never experienced it, you say you 
don't believe it, you are not honest, w r hy? because in 
business matters you believe and accept my word, but 
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happy all the day and takes away all desire for sin, you 
say you don't believe; you tell me I am deceived, now, 
let me ask you; was you deceived when your hand was 
burnt, did you only imagine you had pain? Oh, no, all 
the world could not convince you that your pain was a 
freak of the brain. You felt it, you knew it. I only had 
your word for it, I did not feel it, but I believed it from 
the look of pain and suffering in your features. Can't 
you believe when you see your friend changed from his 
wicked ways, by the gladness of their countenance, and 
their constant rejoicing. I went up into a mountain, I 
discovered an inexhaustible mine of gold, I purchase pro- 
perty, you are poor just as I was, you ask, where did you 
get the means to buy so much property, I tell you I have 
discovered an inexhaustible mine of gold up in that 
mountain more than the world can ever use, and the 
mine is free to every one that will take the trouble to go and 
get it; you ask me to bring you some, I tell you no, there 
is a great King that owns that mountain of gold, and all 
that go up the mountain to the mine which is at the very 
top of the mountain, must go of their own free will, or 
they cannot enjoy the gold, and when they are obedient 
to the decrees of the great King, he makes them subjects 
of his. Now, at the head of every path stood a beast, 
some seemed mild, some looked sorrowful, others hateful, 
some looked ravenous and spiteful, whilst some seemed 
uneasy and restless; each of the beast tried to persuade 
them that were in the narrow path to follow the path 
that they themselves were in, saying it was the only sure 
way to the mine of gold. But when you looked down 
and saw that these paths all tended slightly downward, 



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and but few looked as though they had a very slight up- 
ward tendency; then you trimmed your light and let it 
flash out far beyond their expectations, you saw in the 
distance a turn, a sudden turn in each path with quick 
descent, and all dark beyond; then suddenly a voice far 
up the narrow way sounded in your ear, shun every 
appearance of evil. Xow, the name of some of these 
beasts are as follows, for their names were written on 
bands of brass encircling their heads. The name of the 
first beast w r as Univeralism. He informed you that you 
was foolish to trouble yourself so much about seeking a 
mine of gold up that narrow^ way, that his path was 
smooih and roomy, and pleasures all the way, that all the 
roads led to the same great mine, but this was the shortest 
and most pleasant of all the routes. His countenance 
appeared to shine with wisdom, but you look up the 
narrow path, and every foot of the way is written in the 
path in letters of gold, trust and hope. The second beast 
stood in his path, his face had a daring defiant look. 
His name was Infidelity. He informed you that you 
w r ere deceived, there was nothing but nature, and if you 
would take his road you w^ould avoid all this climbing 
after fables, he says his road is exceeding broad, millions 
of the wealthiest people on the road, gold mines all the 
way, and pleasures unbounded, but his countenance gave 
it the lie. The third beast stood in his path. His name 
was Antichrist. His face was hideous to look at, his 
fierce demon smile, and devilish grin, and sarcastic sneer, 
caused you to shiver, and pass him by with silent con- 
tempt. The fourth beast stood in his path. His face was 
very remarkable, you could not tell much about him, 



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sometimes he would say take my path, then again, he 
would say keep the narrow path, he seemed to be uneasy 
and uncertain, he said his path frequently intercepted the 
narrow path, but it lead around all the narrow places in 
the narrow way, and was a longer road, but not so rough, 
he thought it would finally lead to the same mine. You 
asked his name, it was Double-mindedness. I saw your 
look of pity when you pass him by. Then you passed 
numerous beasts in their path's, while they had their 
wings folded they had the appearance of beautful angels, 
they held mirrors in their hands, and flashed them in 
your face, now, the mirrors reflected down their path with 
a false, but facinating alluring halo of colored light, mak- 
ing the paths look very charming, I saw you were about 
to enter one of the paths, when you remembered your 
chart I saw you falter, you hear a voice, examine the 
chart and doubt no longer. Ah, yes, you hold up 
your lamp, and behold a finger pointing down the broad 
road saying, the road that leads to death; you look again, 
and see another finger board pointing up the narrow path 
saying, the path of hope, and trust, and life. Ah, what 
joy, for your feet had well nigh slipped. Now, you go on 
up over the rugged way, every now and then a beautiful 
path leads out towards the path below, and at the head of 
each path stands some one to tell you that you are on the 
wrong road, and say come with Us, our road abounds with 
pleasure, you consult the chart, trim your lamp, you see 
ahead up the narrow path a bright golden star, written 
across in letters of fire, "look at the chart/' you look, and 
find it described the star of Bethlehem, 0, joy, you shout, 
you press on, keeping the star in view. But your chart 



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shows the path grows narrower, very steep and rugged, 
and now you look and behold great monster lions on both 
sides of the way, you tremble, you say you cannot pass 
those powerful beasts, those are the kings of the forest. 
You trim your lamp, put in new oil, you spread your 
chart, and in Heb. 12:12, 13, 14, then read 2nd Peter 2:9 
to end of chapter, then sit down and meditate, and read 
2nd Peter 83, and Jude the whole chapter. You now 
look and the cloud is gone, the star shines with renewed 
lustre, the lions are gone, instead there are beautful ban- 
ners with these inscriptions: The lions thou sawest w T ere 
theologians and false philosophy in the pulpits. Go thou 
on th}^ way, turn neither to the right or left, keep your 
eye on the star, press on, you arenearing the end of your 
first probations, ending at the mine of wealth. But now, 
with all these encouraging words, you arrive at the forest 
between doubt and hope, a level plane, and a thick gloomy 
forest with almost innumerable paths strewn with flowers, 
and music, and scenes of mirth and pleasure, among them 
were groups of gay dancers, groups of debauchers, drunk- 
enness, and revelry; all along these paths were dotted 
houses of ill-fame, saloons, and gambling hells, and at 
the head of each path was a church, with these signs, one 
hand with index finger pointing up to the narrow path, 
and the rest of the fingers all pointing down the paths 
that lead into the broad road below, to each of these 
churches were attached a side or rear room, in these 
attached rooms pointed the three fingers, the index fin- 
ger pointing up the narrow path, and in these rear rooms 
were festivals, parties, gay and giddy mirth; these houses 
are educational houses, erected under the name of God's 



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temples, when educated a few take the direction of the 
index finger, but a larger portion take the direction of the 
side room ringers. Then you looked, and behold, here 
and there, were plain houses on each side of the narrow 
path with no side rooms, and no fine furniture, and the 
index finger pointing up the narrow path, the rest of the 
fingers all closed, the index being pointed to the words, 
holiness unto the Lord. You fill your vessel with oil, 
trim your lamp, examine your guide book, it refers you 
to 2nd Tim. 8:2 to 8, and 4:3 to 5. Ah, yes, I saw your 
countenance change, you turned to Jude 20:21, after read- 
ing you raised your light and flashed it in the face of 
these last most pleasing beasts that looked like angels, 
when your light flashed upon their mirrors it w T as so 
much brighter than their light, it maddened these beau- 
tiful winged beasts so that they threw up their beautful 
wings, and 0, horror, their bodies were all covered with 
putrifying sores, and words written around their loins, 
theology before the Bible, and the Bible next, and on 
bands of brass on their thighs was written, defend your 
church creeds, and on the under sides of their wings, was 
written in letters black as jet, this sentence: Let us keep 
up our forms and deny the power, lest the rich forsake us, 
and we suffer. Let us fight all holiness meetings, and 
stick to our creeds, and isms, or we can command no 
salaries. I saw your disappointed look, I saw your hasty 
steps up the narrow path, and I praised God that your 
light brought out their deceit of malice, hatred and greed. 
Now, I look, and behold I see one like unto the Son of 
God, and I hear him tell you, keep your eye on the star, 
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the wayside, consult your guide book and chart, you are 
nearing the end of your justified probation, be of good 
cheer. You have passed the paths of creeds, and isms, 
some were broad, some narrow 7 ed dow r n, but have left out 
the essentials, you made a narrow escape, you will find 
their roads turn suddenly towards the dark abyss; for it 
takes the whole confidence of faith and trust to enter into 
the Kings kingdom. Now, says the angel, keep your 
lamp burning, I will meet you at the end of the journey. 
Now, I see you trim your lamp, and on you go. I hear 
the creeds and isms crying out after you, come back, you 
can't get to the mine that way, it takes creeds, and isms, 
and church, and cheek and theology to make the King's 
way plain; he was not explicit in his way of explaining 
the way, we must use education to find out, that is all 
humbug and bosh, that Paul tells you about, he speaks 
in mysteries hard to be understood, it takes theology and 
education to explain the mysteries; I see you examine 
your chart, you read there the wisdom of God is foolish- 
ness to men, especially theologists. And the wisdom of 
men is foolishness to God. Therefore have I chosen the 
weak things to confound the mighty. I think he meant 
those that think they are mighty. But I see you go on 
heedless of the dark isms. You meet Double-mind, he 
says, glad I have met you, I find you are on the wrong 
road, come with me, my way is the most pleasant, don'c 
you see how popular my road is getting, how many is 
there on our road? why two-thirds or more of the world 
are on this road, you see all the other paths are running 
into ours; see how broad and smooth it is getting, and sel- 
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just now and then a traveler, there's not enough on your 
way to make it sociable and pleasant, we are not perse- 
cuted and sneered at like you fellows, come now, old fel- 
low, I don't want you to make a fool of yourself, why, 
that is all stuff about people coming to a place where it 
is so narrow that people must strip naked, and throw all 
pleasures away so they can go right through that narrow 
place into the Kings domain, and freely use of his trea- 
sures; pooh, what a yarn, why, I have seen hundreds that 
went up and tried it, but they said it was utterly impossi- 
ble to go through such a place, besides they said just 
before they got there their lamps went out, and it was all 
darkness, so they could not see the light beyond, there- 
fore they threw down their lamps and hastened back, for 
it was easier to go down than climb up, so my road was the 
first one they struck, and turned in, and now they are all 
good jovial fellows, and getting popular. 1 saw you 
examine your chart, and read, straight and narrow is the 
path that leads to life, and few there be that find it. 
Broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many go 
in there at. Ah, I see your countenance beams with hope. 
The star, the star, you cry, and onward move. Suddenly 
you pause; you have arrived at a dark valley, you trim 
your lamp, the light shines out beyond, and through the 
mist like veil you see the star beyond the narrow defile 
in your path, you tremble with hope, your angel stands 
by your side, and tells you that you are at the end of the 
covenant of grace, your first probation is now ended for 
the exchange of a better one. The mine is beyond the 
narrow defile, you say to the angel, how can I pass this 
narrow defile. Your angel says: Naked you came into 



the world, and naked you must go out. Haste, strip 
yourself of all the world, lay it all on that altar at the 
edge of th : s narrow defile, where the King made his last 
sacrifice for you, here He gave up all for you, lost His 
life, shed His blood, and sanctified the altar that you 
might be sanctified and enter in through the veil into His 
glorious kingdom. Now, put yourself on that same altar 
and say here I am Lord, all I have, all I ever expect to 
have, I give all to thee; and whatsoever thou wilt have 
me do, that will I do; take me Lord, I am thine for all 
time and eternity. I see you strip yourself, throw it all 
on the altar, and with unfeigned faith and perfect trust 
you throw yourself on the altar, the Prince steps forth and 
takes you in his arms, leaves your carnal world on the 
altar, passes through the narrow defile into His glorious 
kingdom, orders a new robe to be put on you, the robe of 
righteousness, places the seal of His covenant on } r our 
heart even His law, and fills you with Holy Ghost, writes 
your name on the Lamb's book of life, stamps the seal of 
His blood and grace on your heart, and makes you a 
child of the King eternal; gives you a new chart which 
entitles you to eternal life and puts in your hand a white 
stone. You are now a true child of the King, an heir of 
heaven, and joint heir with the King's son, and He now 
calls you His brother. Glory be to God. 

Now, says the blessed Prince, you are on the moun- 
tain top; you have complied with all the requirements of 
the covenant of grace by being sanctified and sealed for 
eternal life. Your probation in justification is confirmed, 
and behold, I now place you on your last probation for 
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and abide in me, if you be faithful, and do all my will, 
and pleasure, I will be faithful to keep you. And your 
inheritance shall be from everlasting to everlasting; there 
shall be no end to thy inheritance. But if you go now, 
and willingly commit thyself by breaking my law, or my 
statutes, after seeing my kingdom, and being cleansed by 
my cleansing, which is of my blood, and hast eat of the 
good things at my table, and felt my power, and then 
deny me, then will my Father in heaven disinherit you, 
for there remains no more sacrifice for sin for such. And 
now look and enjoy the beauties and riches of my king- 
dom and grace. You looked, and new sight came to your 
eyes; all around you was nothing but gold, gold, pure 
and shinning gold; all dross was removed, and purged 
out with a refiner's fire; men, trees, everything looked 
like gold from the reflection of this pure mine of gold. 
The mountains were gold; the temple and the streets were 
pure gold. You cast your eyes upward, you see through 
a light misty like veil, and you see far up and beyond 
another part of the kingdom, and all of pure gold and 
all manner of precious stones. The Prince tells you, you 
are sealed to an everlasting inheritance in that kingdom; 
forwhat you see is the kingdom of my Father, the great 
King and Lord of Lords. That you see these things now 
as through a glass, but when you have finished his work 
he will come and take you home to dwell with him for- 
ever. You being at the mountain's top, you look now 
down the mountain sides; you now can plainly see all 
the winding paths that you passed on your w r ay up the 
mountain; you notice the paths all have wound around 
to the opposite side of the mountain all along the w r ay; 



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you will see some one stop in their path, and very sud- 
denly a flash of light down from above shows him danger 
ahead; he turns about and seeks the narrow way, but the 
rest do not see the light, and if they do, go heedlessly on. 
Finally, all the roads blend into one, with a downward 
tendency. You look again, and the road has taken a 
sudden turn down, and around the mountain it ends in 
a dark, impenetrable gloom; some look up and see their 
ending, but too late, too late; the seething, mad crowd 
behind them, rushing on heedless of their ruin, send them 
hurling dow T n the dark abyss. I turn from the awful, 
sickening sight; I turn to the Prince, and with joy I 
shout, Glory to God in the highest: For the faith and 
trust you had in your Guide Book and Chart, that led 
you safely by these paths, on up to the kingdom of light, 
to the mine of gold, where you could see the radaint 
smiles of the Prince, and hear his welcome voice, and 
feel the Holy Ghost burning in your heart. The Prince 
now hands you your last probation card, which reads: 
Abide in me, keep all my commandments, and whatsoever 
I put in thy heart to do, thus shalt thou do, and thou 
hast need of patience, for the crown is at the end of the 
race. 

We have rambled somewhat from our direct subject. 
Returning to the the main subject we wish to say that it 
is our design to show that there is nothing in all God's 
salvation but what had the Holy Ghost in it, and what- 
ever the Holy Ghost had to do with, had to become holy, 
because if the leaven be good, then will it leaven the 
whole lump; then if the Holy Ghost be in you, then will 
you be holy. Acts 3:12. Peter and John told the people 



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not to be amazed because a miracle was performed, but 
told them that it was through Jesus and the power of the 
Holy Ghost. In 14th verse He says to the Jews: Ye 
denied the Holy One and desired a murderer. I wonder 
if any of the readers of this book are desiring a murderer, 
that old serpent w r ith his original sin to rule in them 
instead of Christ. Acts 6:3. We find that. men filled 
with the Holy Ghost were chosen to take care of the 
widows. Annanias was filled with the Holy Ghost and 
w r as sent to minister to Paul that he might receive the 
Holy Ghost. Acts 9:17. When Peter told Cornelius how 
God annointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost 
and pow r er, (44th verse) and w r hile ye yet spake these 
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the 
word. Acts 10:44. There is noth'ng in the plan of re- 
demption but what is quickened by the Holy Ghost, 
And without the Holy Ghost, the religion of the Lord 
Jesus Christ would be of no avail. You will agree that 
Christ is dwelling in you, and you admit that Christ was 
sanctified, you admit that Christ went to heaven and sent 
back the comforter the Holy Spirit to comfort us, you 
admit Christ is holy, and God is holy, you admit all this, 
and this Christ dwelling in us, this Holy Ghost in us, 
God in us, all these three in us, we in them and They in 
us, we cleansed from all sin, and this holiness all in us, 
and we all one in spirit, and yet you tell me in the face 
of all this that we can't live holy lives, poor, blind, stub- 
born, rebellious sinner that won't see. 

Now, if you will examine the old Bible you will find 
that all the holy men of God spake by the Holy Ghost. 
And starting out from the beginning of the new dispensa- 



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tion every preparation was made through the Holy Ghost. 
The parents of John, and John himself, Christ and his 
earthly parents were all prompted by the Holy Ghost, 
were filled with it. All the Apostles were baptised with 
it and their desciples. Take away the Holy Ghost and 
you completely destroy the plan of redemption. For 
while the Saviour was with his desciples they had no need 
of it. But when He left the Father sent the comforter 
that it might ever be with them to give them light. Acts 
11:23, 24. Barnabas was sent to Antioch, who exhorted 
them all, that with full purpose of heart, they would 
cleave unto the Lord. As in Josh. 23. Cleave to 
Jehovah your God. Barnabas was a good man filled with 
the Hoty Ghost and faith, much people were added to 
the Lord. Acts 13:2, 4. As they ministered to the Lord 
and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, separate me Saul and 
Barnabas — and they were sent by the Holy Ghost, and 
when Paul and Barnabas had come to Iconium, the des- 
ciples were filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. Now r 
God always witnesses by the Holy Ghost, Acts 15:8. 
And God which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, 
giving them the Hol}^ Ghost, (This is the gentiles) even 
as He did us at the beginning, purifying their hearts by 
faith. Their hearts were made pure, and if pure there 
was no sin left. Acts 19:2. Paul found believers, justi- 
fied persons that had never heard of a Holy Ghost, and to 
complete their redemption, Paul laid hands on them and 
they were baptised with the Holy Ghost (sanctified). 

0, how many people in this enlightened age that reject 
the filling of, or completing the terms of the covenant of 
grace, which consists in doing his will, in receiving the 



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baptism of the Holy Ghost, and becoming sanctified. 
But they have set themselves up, teachers having itching 
ears, as in 2 Tim. 4:3 and 3:3. Having a form of godli- 
ness, but denying the power thereof: From such turn 
away. 1 Thess. 4:7. For God hath not called us into 
uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8th Verse. He there- 
fore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath 
also given us His Holy Spirit, 1 Tim. 6:20. 0, Timothy, 
keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding pro- 
fane and vain bablings, and oppositions of science so- 
called, which some professing have erred concerning the 
faith. And this co-called science denies sanctification, 
and the operations of the Holy Ghost, as it did then. 
Acts 20:23. Paul says that in every city the Holy Ghost 
witnessed his bonds and affections. 28th Verse. He 
cautions them that have charge of and preside over flocks 
that they feed them on the right kind of doctrine, so that 
the grievous wolves destroy them not. Paul's doctrine 
was the baptism of the Holy Ghost. You find in Acts 
21:11: When the prophet, Agabus, showed how Paul 
was to be bound and delivered into the hands of the gen- 
tiles, that the Holy Ghost told him to do this just as it 
moved on men of God in olden times. 

Now, for the proof of all we have claimed that we must 
have the Holy Ghost as well as those that professed faith 
in Christ in the days of the Apostles, we refer you to 
Acts 28:25, 26. And when they agreed not among them- 
selves, they departed; after that Paul had spoken one 
word. (Which was this?) Well spake the Holy Ghost 
by Esaias, the prophet, unto our fathers, saying: Go 
unto this people and say: hearing ye shall hear, and shall 



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not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive. 
Now, if you will hear the word, and if you see and per- 
ceive, you will understand that the Holy Ghost has to 
do with us continually, if so be that we are the children 
of God, and not bastards. For it is through the medium 
of the Holy Ghost that we receive the light on His w T ord, 
which Holy Ghost is a witness to us of that light. And 
we can practice holiness under or through no other 
medium, knowing that this was the comforter that Jesus 
said the Father would send to give us light, and joy, and 
peace, (How?) in the Holy Ghost. Rom. 1:4. David 
declared him to be the Son of God with power (How?) 
according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of 
the dead. By whom says Paul we have received grace 
and apostleship, (What for?) for obedience to the faith, 
(Just in your time Paul? No) to all nations. Glory be 
to brod. Yes that all nations should have the same faith 
and Holy Ghost that Paul enjoyed. Rom. 1:18. For 
the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all 
(Not a part) sin today, and repent to-morrow, no but, 
all unrighteousness and ungodliness of men, (Ah, by 
whom?) of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness. 
Chapter 4:8. And blessed is the man to whom the Lord 
will not impute sin. Now, this could not be the man 
that commits sin every day and says he knows that he 
sins, for if he knows it, he does it wilfully. Chapter 5:5. 
For hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God 
is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is 
given unto us. How can we get this? Rom. 6:19. For 
as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness 
and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your 



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members servants to (What?) righteousness and holiness. 
There is to be no sin in this for he says: But now being 
made free from sin, and become servants to God ye have 
fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life; for the 
wages of sin is (Not maybe, but) is death; but the gift of 
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ or Lord. Now, 
the gift of God is the Holy Ghost which you cannot deny 
unless you deny God's word. And again, if your fruit 
be unto holiness, then must you be holy also, for a tree 
being evil cannot bear good fruit, but the tree being good 
bringeth forth good fruit, ah, yes, by the fruit we know 
the tree. Rom. 14:16, 17. Let not then your good be 
evil spoken of; for the kingdom of God is not meat and 
drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy (In what?) 
in the Holy Ghost. May it ring forever in your ears, in 
the Holy Ghost. For in the 18th verse he says: For he 
that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, 
and approved of men. Rom. 15:13. Now, the God of 
hope fill you with joy and peace in believing that ye may 
abound in hope through (What?) the powers of (What?) 
the Holy Ghost. Amen, hallelujah. Now, who is Paul 
speaking to? Acts 6:32. We are witnesses and so is 
also the Holy Ghost whom God hath given to them that 
obey Him. Unlimited, and Paul says this because, 
Rom. 15:16. That I should be a minister of Jesus Christ 
to the gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the 
offering up of the gentiles might be acceptible, (How?) 
being sanctified (How?) by the Holy Ghost. You see the 
gentiles are to be sanctified by the Holy Ghost. Well 
Paul, I shall certainly be convinced pretty soon if you 
give much more proof like this. Now, we find so many 



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ways to contradict your word and God's word. Paul 
says, and I am sorry it is so, for he has shown how that 
we must be sanctified and receive the Holy Ghost and 
become pure, and live holy lives before God, or we can 
never see God. Bat as you were called to preach to us 
Paul we will hear you farther. 1st Cor. 2:13. Which 
things we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom 
teacheth, but (How Paul?) which the Holy Ghost teach eth; 
comparing spiritual things with spiritual. O, yes, now 
I begin to see it plainer, we have been trying to twist the 
word and warp it to our opinions, to suit the carnal 
desires of our own hearts, so that we might sin a little 
once in a while. Tell us a little more, I am almost per- 
suaded we must live holy lives here on earth. Well, now 
listen. 1st Cor. 6:19. What, know ye not that your 
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you? 
(Not that may be in you) which ye have of God, and ye 
are not your own; for ye are bought with a price: there- 
fore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which 
are God's. I see now Paul, how clear it is getting, if our 
bodies is the temple of the Holy Ghost, and the Holy 
Ghost in us, then that temple our body must be holy, for 
the Holy Spirit cannot dwell in a sinful temple, then you 
say our bodies and our spirits belong to God. Well, well, 
how plain that is, if this be true then indeed must we be 
clean and holy. But listen. 1st Cor. 10:16, 17. The 
cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion 
of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it 
not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being 
many are one bread, and one body: for we are all par- 
takers of that one bread. What is that meaning of that 



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bread Paul? Said 1 not above, that it was the body of 
Christ, and if we all partake of the same bread we will 
become of one body; and if we all eat of the body of 
Christ will we not be of the same body; and if we all 
become one body and that body being Christ; Christ then 
being sanctified, and holy, and full of the Holy Ghost, 
and we being of the same body of Christ, he in us and we 
in him, Christ' dwelling in us; then have Ave our hearts 
sanctfied, Christ and the Holy Ghost all dwelling in us; 
for Christ having these all in him, and he is in us, then 
are they all in us, then surely are we in a holy state, and 
if we sin, we have already proven that he is not in us. 
Well, Paul, you have taken all the props from under me; 
I'll give it up. But I am not through with you yet. 

1 Cor. 12:2, 8. Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried 
away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led: where- 
fore I give you to understand that no man speaking by 
the Spirit of Gjd calleth Jesus accursed: And that no 
man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy 
Ghost. Now, any man can, with the mouth, say Jesus 
is the Lord, but no man can say in his heart that Jesus 
is the Lord save by the Holy Ghost, for there must be a 
manifestation of the spirit, for by one spirit are we all 
baptized into one body, and that body is Christ, and that 
baptism is the baptism of the Holy Ghost, as plainly 
shown. And when we are all baptized with the Holy 
Ghost, then shall we all be made to drink of one spirit, 
the fountain head being Christ. Glory to God. There- 
fore (2 Cor. 6:14) be ye not unequally yoked together 
with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness 
with unrighteousness? and w r hat communion hath light 



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with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with 
Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an in- 
fidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with 
Idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God 
hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I 
will be their God, and they shall be my people. Where- 
fore come out from among them and be ye a separate peo- 
ple saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; (sin) 
and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and 
ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord 
Almighty. 2nd Cor. 7:1. Having therefore these pre- 
mises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all 
(Not a part) filthness of the flesh and spirit. That would 
make us holy. Heb. 3:7. Wherefore the Holy Ghost 
sayeth, today if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 
Verse 15. To-day, (Not tc-morrow) to-day, if ye will 
hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8th Chapter 
12th Verse. For I will be merciful to their unrighteous- 
ness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember 
no more. How good He is to blot out all our sins, and 
remember them no more, if we put our trust in Him and 
live holy. 

Heb. 9:8. The Holy Ghost, this signifying, that the 
way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, 
while the first tabernacle was yet standing. That is, the 
daily sacrifice was not yet taken away, but when Christ 
came, that was taken away, and by his offering up him- 
self, the way was opened up so that we might enter in. 
For the old consisted of meats and drinks, and divers 
washings, and carnal offerings. 21th Verse. But Christ 
being come an high priest, of good things to come, by a 



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greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with bands, 
that is to say not of this building: Neither by the blood 
of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered at 
once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemp- 
tion for us. Now we find that through the eternal spirit 
we can have our hearts purged from s-i-n, and our con- 
science from dead works without spot or blemish, so that 
we can serve the living and true God. For when he took 
away the first and established the second, he sat down at the 
right hand of God, and having completed the atonement, 
by which will we are sanctified through the offering 
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Now, you will 
notice here that the atonement was completed after he 
sat down at the right hand of God, that was the baptism 
of the Holy Ghost, as he promised the desciples. In the 
same way he finished his work in the Creation on the 7th 
day by making it a Holy day. For both were atonements. 
Now he says by which will we are sanctified. Now then 
we are to obey all the commandments and do His will, and 
His will is our sanctification; and that is the last thing re- 
quired of us to fill the requirements of the covenant. 
This is the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And are now 
fully accepted, and when we get to this point where we 
are all in all in Christ Jesus, if w r e then fall there is no 
more sacrifice for sins. (Proof) Heb. 6:4, 5, 6. For it 
is impossible for those who were once enlightened and 
have tasted of the heavenly gift, (For mind the Holy 
Ghost is the gift from heaven spoken of here) and were 
made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the 
good word of God, and the powers of the world to come; 
if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repen- 



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tance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God 
afresh and put Him to an open shame, (How can this be?) 
because Jesus made sacrifice once for all, and when you 
finish the covenant by being sanctified and receive the 
Holy Ghost you are in the last state of probation, and if 
you turn away and commit wilful sin there is no more 
sacrifice for your sin. From the time of justification to 
i-anctification you are in your first probation, and having 
old Adam yet in you not being purged from the carnal 
mind you are in danger of being led into sin by the car- 
nal mind, and God has placed you on your first probation 
and expects you to hasten on to complete the covenant, 
by being sanctified, have the old man with all his deeds 
crucified, so that you will be able to stand having the 
Holy Ghost to help you. Well, you say you w r ould rather 
live under the first probation, but it is the will of God 
that you be sanctified, and receive the Holy Ghost, that 
you may complete the covenant of grace and be able to 
stand, for without you complete the covenant and be made 
holy you can't see God, He always gives you time enough 
while on your first probation to get the fulfillment of the 
covenant, and as soon as you see in His word and feel 
there is a want you must accept it, don't think because 
you are on your probation for it that there is no danger, 
you may be cut off in your sins of unbelief and loose 
your soul in a moment. 

Heb. 10:38. Now, the just shall live by faith; but if 
any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in 
him. (But thanks be to God) 9th Verse. We are not 
of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that 
believe to the saving of the souL 12th Chapter, 14th 



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Verse. Therefore follow peace with all men, and holiness 
without which no man shall see the Lord. 10th Verse. 
The Lord chasteneth us that we may be partakers of his 
holiness. Heb. 13:21. Make you perfect in every good 
work to do His will. What is His will? our sanctifica- 
tion, because we must do His will, and walk in His foot- 
steps. And we find 1st Peter 2:21, 22. Because Christ 
also suffered for us leaving us an example, that we should 
follow his footsteps; Who did no sin, neither was guile 
found in his mouth: Now, I think if we have sin in us 
and are not living holy lives, we are far from following 
his footsteps. But we commit no sin. 1st Peter 3:12. 
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his 
ears are opened unto their prayers, but the face of the 
Lord is against them that do evil. 

I don't wonder at professed Christians getting out of fix 
when they hear good people say they do not sin, Why? 
because they, their ownselves are not followers of good? 
and full of prejudice, and jealousies and selfishness, for 
the Lord is against them that do evil. But the good has 
the Lord on their side. 1st Peter 3:13, 14, 15. And who 
is he that will harm you if ye be followers of that which 
is good? but and if ye suffer for righteousness sake: 
happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be 
troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: per- 
fecting holiness in the fear of the Lord. And now may 
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God r 
and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. 
Why does the Apostles want all to be in communion of 
the Holy Ghost? In Eph. 1:13. Because we are sealed 
with that holy spirit of promise. Yes, and unless you 



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get sealed by it you will never enter the Holy City. 

Eph. 2:8. For by grace (The gift of God which is the 
Holy Ghost) through faith are we saved, and not of our- 
selves, but through faith we receive grace the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. Through faith we become obedient and do 
His will, and His will is our sanctification, then we get 
the seal. Therefore Eph. 4:24. Put on the new man, 
which after God is created in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. 29th Verse. Let no corrupt communication pro- 
ceed out of your mouth, but that that is good to the use of 
edifying. 30th Verse. And greive not che holy spirit of 
God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption, 
and let us grow in favor with God. 13th Verse. Till we 
all come in the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the 
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the 
stature of the fullness of Christ, that henceforth we be no 
more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with 
every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cun- 
ning craftness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. Now, 
this verse is given for the benefit of the unsanctified, the 
unsealed. 

Eph., 6th Chap., 10th Verse. Finally, my brethren, 
be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 
Put on the whole armour of God (That is yet sanctified) 
that ye may be able to stand against the wdles of the 
devil. Verse 13. Wherefore take unto you the whole 
armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the 
evil day, and having done all, to stand. And Col. 2:8, 
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and 
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments 
of the world, and not of Christ. 18th Verse, Let no 



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man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility 
and worshiping of angels, intruding into those things 
which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly 
mind. For it is written thou shalt worship thy Lord thy 
God, and Him only shalt thou serve, and again, thou 
shalt have no other God before me. Be not deceived 
God is not mocked. 1st Thess. 1:5, 6. For our gospel 
came not unto you in word only, (As some teach) but 
also in power, and in the Holy Ghost: and in much assur- 
ance, and ye received the word in much affliction, with 
joy of the Holy Ghost. (For) 1st Thess. 2:10. Ye are 
witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and un- 
blameably w r e behaved ourselves among you that believe. 
Yes, Paul, and by the grace of God we will try to do 
likewise, so that (1 Thess. 3:13) to the end he may stab- 
lish our hearts unblameably in holiness before God, even 
our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with 
all his saints. 1 Thess. 4:7, 8. For God hath not called 
us unto uncleanness, but (What?) unto holiness; there- 
fore he that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God. O, 
man, when you despise the holiness man, remember that 
you despise God, for who hath also given unto us his hoty 
spirit. Then despise not them that teach holiness, but 
believe the truth as it is written in God's revealed word, 
for (2 Thess. 2:9, 10, 11) sat an is after you with all power 
and signs, and lying wonders; deceiving men and women 
so that they receive not the truth, and that they might 
so persist in their evil ways; that God would finally send 
them strong delusions that they might believe a lie and 
be damned because they believe not the truth, but had 
pleasure in unrighteousness. Let us trust in the Lord; 



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rejoice evermore; pray without ceasing; in everything 
give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus 
concerning you and us. Quench not the spirit; despise 
not prophesying; prove all things; hold fast to that which 
is good; abstain from every appearance of evil, and the 
very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and 1 pray God 
your soul spirit and soul and body be preserved blame- 
less unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. What, 
Paul, did you say sanctify our souls, bodies and spirit? 
Yes, and preserve them blameless. Then we must be 
perfect and holy on this earth, for you say, and keep us 
so, until his coming. And he saith, for faithful is he 
that calleth you, who will also do it. Praise God for 
these words of promise. 

1st Peter 1:5, savs: Now, the end of the command- 
merit is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good con- 
science, of faith unfeigned. (Therefore) 2nd Tim. 1:14. 
That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by 
the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. Yes, bless the 
Lord the Holy Ghost dwelleth in us. And 2nd Tim. 
2:14, 15, 16. Strive not about words to no profit, (Call 
sanctification and holiness by their proper names) -study 
to show thyself approved of God, (And not of men) a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly divid- 
ing the word of truth. You say this is for preachers, I 
am writing to them as well as you. Shun profane 
bablings, for they will increase unto more ungodliness; 
and keep in mind that we are in the last time, and in 
those days perilous times shall come. 2nd Tim., 3rd Chap. 
For men shall be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, 
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, 



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unholy, without natural affection, truce breakers, false 
accusers, incontinent, fierce despisers of those that are 
good, traitors, heady, highmindecl, lovers of pleasures 
more than of God; having a form of godliness, but deny- 
ing the .power thereof, from such turn away. For these 
are they that are ever learning and never able to come to 
the knowledge of the truth. 0, my tiod, what a cata- 
logue of the devices of the devil, I cannot help commen- 
ting here, for every one of these sins are too apparent to 
the eyes of all truly good people of these last times. 
1st lovers of themselves, this class consists of one-half or 
more of the catalogue of vices and includes ministers who 
are continually seeking for higher salaries and popularity, 
caring more for this than saving souls, they are too 
proud to enter the hovel of the poor, too selfish and proud 
to humble themselves as God requires them in his w r ord; 
they subvert the word of God and say continually, the 
word means something theologically or philosophically, 
so as to twist it around and make it conform to their own 
ungodly pride, and selfish desires; educating their mem- 
bers to church philosophy and isms, instead of the truth 
of the Bible; this all is done through pride, coveteousness, 
and greed to glory in adding numbers to the church roll and 
increase of their salaries, that they might live at ease and 
in pleasure. It would require too much time and space 
here to tell all the ungodly practices of the ministry of 
to-day. Suffice it to say over two-thirds practice all the 
vices named above, and nine-tenths of their members fol- 
low after them, the consequence are, minister and lay are 
on their way to hell, for it is this that Paul alludes to in 
the 6th Chapter, 13th verse of Eph., for we wrestle not 



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against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against 
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 
against spiritual wickedness in high places. And it takes 
all the armour of God to withstand these, and especially 
the last. The ministers of to-day hold the power over 
all their members, and they become proud and oppressive, 
they tell you so far shalt thou go and no farther, they 
whistle and their subjects must bark, they sick and the 
subject must obey orders, extorting from the poor so that 
their pride and popularity maybe increasd, and their 
coffers filled, and like preacher so like member, fight for 
your preacher, let the true word of God go, the churches 
must be built in numbers, this is the motto of the 
churches of to-day, but thank God there are one occa- 
sionly that seperate themselves from their prejudices, 
and seperate themselves to learn the truth as it is in the 
word of God, and set themselves apart to God and assert 
their rights and privileges to worship God in true holi- 
ness according to the will of God. Again these ministers 
teach both by action and private sociability that they 
must not show too much sociability to poor members, for 
fear of disapprobation from the rich; there is no humility, 
no brotherly love, no oneness, in such ungodly practices, 
poor sniveling hypocrites; God is no respector of persons, 
and does not license insignificant man to be, man who is 
made to be eaten by worms, and all must come to the 
same resting place and lie silent in the grave. Then we 
have the covetous man that covet his neighbors goods, 
and even the talents of others, thou fool, thou art required 
to improve the talent thou hast, that other talents may 
be added to thee; they grasp after the whole world and 



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neglect and loose their souls. For what will it profit a 
man if he gain the whole world and loose his own souL 
Then the boaster, the world is full of this class of 
wretches, how they love to boast how much they give for 
benevolent purposes, they blow their sonorous trumpets 
until the ears of the godly are deafened with the cry, how 
my prayers have been answered, how I converted so many. 
The good Master tells us when we dj our alms to do them 
in secret and not let our left hand knov what our right 
hand doeth, But you hear them blow r the ; r trumpets 
thus: I gave $500 to build such a church; I helped that 
poor widow; I give alms every day; poor, proud, selfish, 
boaster, God will not record this on H : s book as you 
desire, you will find the record thou art weighed in the 
balance and found wanting. But time and space fails me 
to give the record. You must understand that all these 
Scriptures apply directly to the present, and all you have 
to do is to look around you and see and compare the 
Scriptures with what you see every day. But we will 
return again to our main subject. 

Paul being a preacher of the gentiles, and that means 
us; says all Scripture is given by inspiration of Cod and 
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for 
instruction in (What?) righteousness, and says: Titus 
1:15, 16. Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto 
them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but 
even their mind and conscience is defiled, they profess 
that they know' God; but in works they deny Him, being 
abomnible and disobedient, and unto every good work 
reprobate. Why do they deny them in works? because 
their works is not according to the word, for faith pro- 



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duces works; and if their righteousness was of faith, then 
would their works be good. Titus 3:5. Not by works 
of righteousness which we have done, but according to 
His mercy He saved us, (How?) by the washing of re- 
generation and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Now this 
shows a second operation or work of the Holy Ghost. 
How? First we were justified by faith in Christ, and 
our sins of commission blotted out, th's the fulfilment of 
the first part of the covenant of His grace, and placed us 
under probation for sanctificat'on, the completion of our 
probation. When we give all Ave have, and are, to Chr'st 
a complete sacrifice: then we preform His will, he lifts us 
from the justified state, places us on a higher plane of 
probation, by the wash ng of regeneration. You see here 
is a renewing of the regeneration, and that of the Holy 
Ghost: the second state or baptism of the Holy Ghost, 
sanctification. taking away the carnal mind: here it 
shows plainly the two stages of generation: first, require- 
ment — the forgivness of sins committed — justified life. 
Then the killing process of original sin in you. sanctify- 
ing your soul, renewing it by the baptism of the Holy 
Ghost, this is the second and last requirement of the 
covenant; and is given to them that already believed in 
God that they might be careful to maintain, these things 
are good and profitable to men. 

Heb. 2:4. God also bearing them witness, (What 
with 7) both by signs, and wonders, and with divers mir- 
acles, (What?) gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His 
own will. 1st Peter 4:2. For as much then as Christ 
hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourself likewise 
with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh 



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hath ceased from sin: (Now, if he ceased from sin, so 
must we, or we could never be of the same mind, why?) 
that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the 
flesh to the lust of men, (Sin) but to the will of God. 
What is the will of God? your sanctification. Now, 2nd 
Peter 1:19, 20, 21, says: We also have a more sure word 
of phophecy; whereunto ye do well to take heed, as unto 
a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day star 
arise in your hearts: knowing this first, that no prophe- 
sies of the Scriptures is of private interpretation. For 
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: 
but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the 
Holy Ghost. 

Now we see here that there were holy men in the old 
time, and that these holy men spoke as they were moved 
upon by the Holy Ghost. I will, therefore, here leave 
the main subject and follow out proof of church organi- 
zation and its necessity and advantages. There are many 
good and holy men and women that withdraw themselves 
from the different church organizations because they en- 
joy no liberties, and because if they profess holiness dare 
not worship God on a true line of Bible holiness as laid 
down in the Word of God, because of Method, Theology 
and Creed, and hypocrites who are constantly annoying 
you by their selfish ignorance of God's holy word, and 
your preacher tells you to call the Scriptures by some 
other name. I do not blame you to withdraw from such, 
but I do blame you for remaining a come-outer for many 
reasons. First, God chose the smallest number of people 
for His people, and said they were to be a holy people. 
They were divided into tribes, and finally kingdoms, but 



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all under the government of Gody — called the children 
of Israel, meaning kingdom of God; and these were 
priests and elders appointed to govern these bodies. 

Xow, when Christ came he made arrangements with 
his Desciples and Apostles to establish churches, or bodies 
of Christians, so-called first at Antioch. These churches 
were all called the Church of Christ, and there were seven 
of them in Asia at the time of John's writing. These 
churches had leaders over them— Shepherds, Elders and 
Deacons,— and afterwards other officers, as the church 
grew and it became necessar} 7 and it was their duties to 
watch over the sheep and they never put a justified man 
over the flock, but good men, holy men, men that was full 
of the Holy Ghost. And the churches were governed 
from the Word of God. When a sheep went astray, the 
elders and good men looked after them, and if they could 
not persuade them to return and live up to the command- 
ments of God, they were considered as sinners. 

Now it is God's plan to have church organization, and 
when you don't submit to God's plan you are at fault. 
You say, where will you go. Go into the Holiness band; 
there you have freedom with your conscience and Christ, 
if your conscience is with the Bible. Your example must 
be to unite and all be of one mind. You stay out, you 
get more or less selfish, and the world calls you a bastard. 
If you are not careful you will be classed among them 
that Peter speaks about. 2 Pet. 2:10, 12: In the lust of 
uncleanness, because they walk chiefly after the flesh, 
and despise government, presume on their own judgment 
and wisdom, etc. The world knows there are hypocrites, 
and they watch you w T hen you go out of the church, and 



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they count you as one of them. 

No country could exist without government. God or- 
dained it so. Justice could not be carried out without 
government; people would run riot and the world he 
submerged in blood. So with God's church; a body of 
come-outers would have no officers to keep them in line: 
they would soon preach all kinds of stuff and become de- 
moralized. You tell me you cant live in the church and 
live holy. If you can live holy outside, you can inside; 
your staying outside shows selfishness in spite of all your 
arguments. Certainly you can live holy in a church or 
body of holiness, organized on a Scripture!} 7 line of holi- 
ness. If you can't, then you are selfish, and you must 
get all self on the altar, and be in unison with the body 
of Christ; all be of one mind. You say you are; but I 
tell you that you do not, or cannot have the same feeling 
out by yourself when you meet these holy ones, as you 
would if you belonged to the body. You want a name 
among gospel people here, on earth, as well as in heaven. 
The children of Israel were proud of their name, and the 
despised Jew is proud to be called an Israelite to this 
day. 

Show yourself up; ye are my witness saith the Lord; 
and if you stay out alone, but few r know whether you 
belong to the Lord or the world. You say the Lord 
knows and that is enough. No, it is not enough; you 
are his witness, and must let your light shine. If you 
don't, you will fall. 2 Pet. 3:3, Knowing this first, that 
there shall come in the last days, scoffers walking after 
their own lusts. And being outside of a regular organ- 
ized body the world considers you one of them. 1st John 



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2:19, 20: Says they went out from us, but they were not 
of us; but they went out, (What for John?) that they 
might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 

But, my beloved, ye have an unction (annointing by 
the Holy One) from the Holy One, and ye know all 
things. 25th Verse. And this is the promise that He 
hath promised us, even eternal life. Many things could 
be said in favor of organized bodies of holy people, but 
we refrain from further advice. Knowing that you are of 
God, and have overcome the world, I will not judge. I 
leave it to God. For 1st John 3:9. Whosoever is born 
of God doeth no sin; for his seed remain eth in him; and 
he cannot sin, because he is born of ( od. Being born of 
God he is God's ch'ld, and God keeps him from sin. 
Therefore I have no right to tell you that you cannot live 
a holy man or woman outs'de of an organized body. It 
is the love manifested in us that proves our right in the 
family of God. For 1st John 4:7. Beloved, let us love 
one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth 
is born of God, and knoweth God, he that dwelleth in 
love dwelleth in God and know* hJm. We know that who- 
soever is born of God sinneth not: but he that is of God 
keepeth himself, and that wicked one touch eth him not. 
therefore let us watch and pray, for we are told in Jude 
18:19, 20. How that there should be mockers in the last 
time, who should walk after their own lusts, having not 
the spirit: who seperate themselves from us. Now, John 
is all the time speaking of the body of the church, but he 
says to the body that remain: But ye beloved, building- 
up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the 
Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God. looking 



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for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life 
Rev. 1:7. For, behold he cometh with clouds, and every 
eye shall see him, and they that pierced him: and all 
kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. For 
11th and 17th Verses. He is the first and the last; and 
he holds the keys of Hell and of death. 0, how I trem- 
ble at the thought of the wicked meet'ng the displeasure 
and wrath of that divine, loving, and merciful, and just 
One, whom they will be forced to face with their sin 
stained soul all black with rebellion and shame, in that 
last great and terrible day of the Lord God Almighty. 
They have been so faithfully warned by his servant, they 
have heard the earnest anxious loving prayers of fathers, 
mothers, of all saints, holy men and women. They have 
had line upon line, precept upon precept, example after 
example, exhortation after exhortation, tears upon tears 
shed for them, friends have pleaded, angel's have wept 
over them, yea, the immaculate Son of God who died 
that they might live has knocked at the door of their 
hearts and they would not let Him in; they stiffened 
their necks, hardened their hearts, stubbornly res'sted 
andstouted it out against God, defying Him and rejecting 
His mercies. Ah, those prayers and tears are all bottled 
up in heaven, those sighs and groans of the righteous 
people of good, with the indignation of a just and right- 
eous God, is all now ming'ed and poured out upon the 
earth, and the people at the opening of the sixth seal. 
Rev. 5:8, and 8:4, and 6:12 to 16. And all together with 
a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sack 
cloth of hair, and the moon became blood; and the stars 
fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely 



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figs, when she is shaken with a mighty wind, and the 
heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together, 
and every mountain and island were moved out of their 
places. Then, will the wicked call upon the mountains 
and hills to fall on them and hide them from the face of 
Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of 
the Lamb, for the day of His great wrath is come, and 
who shall be able to stand. But it is too late, too late, 
they are doomed, doomed to eternal darkness forever and 
ever. 0, I shudder and turn from this awful scene. 
But hark, Rev. 7:13, 14. What are these which arrayed 
in white robes? and whence came they. These are they 
which came out of great tribulation, and have washed 
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the 
Lamb. 16th Verse. They shall hunger no more, neither 
thirst anymore; neither shall the sun light on them, nor 
any heat; for the Lamb which is in the midst of the 
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them into living- 
fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears 
from their eyes. Glory, glory, and honor be to His name 
forever and ever. We find it recorded in Isai. 25:8, 9. 
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God 
will wipe away tears from off all faces: and the rebuke of 
His people shall He take away from off all the earth: for 
the Lord hath spoken it, and it shall be said in that day, 
lo, this is our God: we have waited for Him, and He will 
save us: this is the Lord: we have waited for Him, we 
will be glad and rejoice in salvation. For we find in 
Rev. 20:6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the 
first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power. 
21st Chapter, 7th Verse. He that overcometh shall 



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inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be 
my son. We can shout and sing praises to God for all 
these glorious promises to His Saints, but when we turn 
our eyes from these to the teeming millions that heed not 
the promises of God, our joy is turned again to groanings 
of sympathy for the rebellious, and heedless, and ungodly 
sinners who will receive the just recompense of their 
reward, as it is decreed in Rev. 21:8. But the fearful, 
and unbelieving, and the abomnible, and murderers, and 
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars 
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire 
and brimstone; which is the second death. You ask me, 
do you believe in a literal hell that burns with fire and 
brimstone, that men will burn in? I answer that brim- 
stone is a stone or mineral that contains the substance of 
combustion and great heat, and has no smell until heated, 
then it has a very disagreeable smell or odor that no one 
relishes. Now you can if you wish to do so fix it up 
spiritually, philosophically, theologically, or as it suits* 
your own carnal mind, but it still contains the properties 
of burning fire and stink, and is at last brimstone actual. 
Yes sir, I can theorize the word of God as much as I 
please, but God cannot lie. I do not pretend or presume 
to mock His word, and I will answer this question by 
referring you to what God's word says about it. Rev, 
20:9, 10. And they went up on the breadth of the earth 
and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the 
beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven 
and devoured them, and the devil that deceived them was 
east into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast 
and false prophets are, and shall be tormented day and 



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night forever and ever. Now, you say, there was no one 
east in but the devil and his angels, I will let God answer. 
Rev. 19:20. And the beast was taken, and with him the 
false prophet that wrought miracles before him, w r ith 
which he deceived them that received the mark of the 
beast, and them that worshipped his image. Now mark, 
them that worshipped him, These both were cast alive 
(not dead) into a lake of fire burning with fire and brim- 
stone. Mat. 18:9. It is better to enter life with one eye 
than to have two eyes and be cast into hell. Mark 9:48, 
45. It is better to loose your hand and enter life mained 
than have two hands to go into hell where the fire is never 
(juenced, and the worm never dies. You are the worm, 
because we are called the worms of the dust. 45th Verse. 
It is better to loose your foot and enter life halt, than to 
have two feet and be cast into hell, where the fire is never 
quenched, where the worm dieth not. Deut. 32:22, 23; 
Psa. 9:17. The wicked shall be turned into hell with all 
the nations that forget Uod, So you see, all, not a part, 
but all the wicked. Matt. 10:28 and 11:23; Gen. 19:24. 
God rained fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah. 
Now, do you think this was literal or just a figure? 

If you will follow the references about fire and hell you 
will get your answer. You had better obey the com- 
mandments of God, and do His wall, then you will not 
fear hell. For when the great angel shall swear that time 
shall be no longer, then it will be too late, too late, let me 
sound it in your ear in thundering tones as it will sound 
in that great and terrible day of the Lord, too late,— too 
late, — your day of grace is past, your day for repentance 
has gone by; behold, the harvest is past, the summer is 



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ended, andl am not saved, lam lost, — lost, — forever lost, 
doomed to eternal night forever and ever. And 0, that 
awful verdict pronounced from the lips of that just One 
whom I have insulted past all redemption. Rev. 22:11. 
He that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he that is 
filthly, let him be filthly still. Too late, — too late, — gone, 
gone, doomed to the everlasting burnings, to that awful 
hell prepared for the devil and his angels. Gone, gone 
where the great arm of power and mercy of God according 
to His divine decree cannot reach me. Lost, lost, forever 
lost, — God, could I but hide myself from this awful 
doom. Ah, you can do it now dear sinner friend, you can 
do it by accepting the great plan of salvation as laid down 
in his word. For it saith Rev. 22:14. For blessed are 
they that do His commandments, that they may have 
right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the 
gates into the city. That glorious city described in Rev. 
21st chapter. Hallelujah. 

You ask what is sanctification. I have already given 
Webster's definition. In Bible language the word has 
two distincts meanings and applied to two applications 
only. One is to consecrate or set apart to, and the other 
is sanction or agree to accept. You set yourself apart to 
do the will of God, He accepts and sanctions, and rewards 
you for your willingness to comply with His will and 
pleasure. Now you seperate, set yourself apart, that is 
you set yourself apart from all love of the world, and all 
its pleasures, take your affections from off all the earth 
contains and give all up into His hands, be willing to be 
made anything or nothing for His sake, and love Him, 
with all your soul, mind and strength so that you will be 



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perfectly willing to do anything he may ask you to do, 
like Isaac of old, this perfect consecration to the will of 
God on your part, by this act of consecration, and you 
sanctify yourself by so doing to the Lord, now comes the 
other side. God now accepts your act, sanctions it and 
by this act sanctifies your heart and seals it by this cove- 
nant, you see you give your all to Him and He sealed the 
covenant by His own blood, and grace, and gives you the 
comforter, the holy seal of promise, which is the Holy 
Ghost to guide you in the way of all truth. You ask me 
how r long after justification will it be before we can be 
sanctified. That depends on circumstances. If a person 
have the light, that is, if they have been so instructed 
that it belongs to the covenant of grace, and they can see 
the need of completing the requirements made in the 
covenant, to finish and do His will. Then it is a matter 
of faith, if they complete the above consecration. It is 
not necessary for them to wait any longer after they are 
justified, than just to exercise faith enough to take God 
at His word, and throw themselves right in the arms of 
Jesus. Do you believe you can receive both at once and 
the same time. I answer no; for they are two distinct 
works of grace, just as the word of God and the Holy 
Ghost are distinct and yet of one body, His word w r as left 
to guide us, and the Holy Spirit to give us light and com- 
fort in the world. You ask why then did not God fix it 
so that we might have it all at one time. I answer, 
because it was not God's plan. You might as w 7 ell ask 
why He don't take us to heaven to rest as soon as justi- 
fied, or before, while yet in our sins, so we would not sin 
anymore. Because He does not save people in their sins, 



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it is not His plan. Neither is it His plan to save with- 
out the completion of the covenant. He spares the sin- 
ner and gives them a chance to get their actual sins par- 
doned, and get justified, for their first obedience. Then 
He spares the justified man, that he may go on and fill 
the covenant of His will, and get the seal of the covenant, 
which is sanctification and baptism of the Holy Ghost, 
which gives us the seal of promise, and seals us to the 
promise of eternal life. And just as long as you have an 
angry feeling in your heart, an unloving spirit, a love of 
worldly sports, selfishness, or smypathy with anything 
that is of a worldly nature or character, you may depend 
that you are yet in a probationary state of justification. 
You still have that old Adamic nature that Paul tells you 
you must crucify, get him killed, and get sealed with the 
seal of promise. You will then have no pleasure or desire 
for sin, sin is dead in you. 

Praise the Lord forever for sanctifying power and grace. 

All I ask of you, reader, is to read this little book care- 
fully with an unprejudiced mind; lay aside all self; read 
first without paying any attention to the references given 
except when the reading of the reference is not given, 
then when you have read it through, look over the refer- 
ences and see that they are the true word of God. Be 
sure that you read the book twice, first without examin- 
ing the references, then by careful regard to the references. 
You will find where I have often run out on different 
lines, occasionally in order to show by practical observa- 
tion that the main object of the work is true. Which 
object is to prove that God does not look upon sin with 
the least degree of allowance in a professer of religion or ? 



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any other sinner. Also, that if we would see G ,u we 
must be sanctified and live holy lives on earth. 
Yours in Christ Jesus. 

^H"^ ^F*'?*'/* -*^?*l~i 

PART FOURTH. 

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL REHDINGS. 

First. — -The comforts of the Hohy Ghost. Isa. 44:3. 
I will pour my spirit upon thy. seed, and my blessing 
Upon thine offering. Joel 2:28. And it shall come to 
pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit upon all 
flesh. So you see that the pouring out of the spirit was 
not to stop with the Apostles; but poured out on all flesh, 
just as the Saviour prayed in John 17:19. Glory be to 
God. Luke 24:49. And, behold! I send the promise of 
my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusa- 
lem until ye be endued with power from on high. I will 
here use the main proofs only. John 1:16, 17. And ol 
his fulness have we all received, and grace for grace. For 
the law r was given by Moses, but grace and truth came 
by Jesus Christ. Verse 32-33. And John bare record, 
saying I saw the spirit descending from heaven like a 
dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but 
he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto 
me: Upon whom thou shalt see the spirit descending, 
and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth 
with the Holy Ghost. Now, will you please notice right 
here, how particular John was to show that his own mis- 



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sion was only to baptize with water to prepare and open 
the way for Christ, and his baptism, which should be a 
baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire, and showing 
that this baptism of the Holy Ghost should ultimately 
be the baptism in the plan of salvation; for the plan of 
salvation w r as to be. and is a spiritual plan, while John's 
baptism was only a literal preparation to prepare the way 
for the greater baptism of fire, and the Holy Ghost; and, 
therefore, in the full time, when Christ would ascend up 
to Heaven and complete the great plan of salvation, by 
sending the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire, on the 
day of Pentecost. That John's baptism of water, and 
literal, and the lesser, was swallowed up by the greater, 
Christ's baptism, which was spiritual, and which was the 
baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire. The Kingdom of 
God, and of Christ, is a spiritual kingdom; is not of meats, 
and drinks, and divers ordinances. Christ nailed all the 
ordinances and handwritings to the Cross, and ascended 
triumphantly up into heaven, completing the plan of 
salvation by sending the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, by 
baptism, obliterating John's baptism. This is what 
Brother Paul means in the 6th chapter of Hebrews, where 
he says: Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine 
of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again 
the found ition of repentence from dead works and of 
faith toward God; of the doctrines of baptisms, and of 
laying on of hands, and of eternal judgment. John 3:34. 
For he whom God hath sent speak eth the words of God: 
for God giveth not the spirit by measure unto him. John 
7:38, 39. In the last day, that great day of the feast, 
Jesus stood and cried, saying if any man thirst, let him 



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come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me as 
the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers 
of living water. But this spake he of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on him should receive; for the Holy 
Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified 
John 14:16, 17, 26. And I will pray the Father, and he 
shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with 
you forever; in the next verse He says, this Spirit shall 
dwell in you. And 26th verse. The comforter which 
is the Holy Ghost. John 15:26. But when the comforter 
is come, whom I will send unto you from the father. He 
shall testify of me; and ye shall bear witness. Yes, all 
that will receive it will be witnesses. John 16:7. Never- 
theless, I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that 
I go away: for if 1 go not away, the comforter will not 
come unto you, but if I depart, 1 will send Him unto you. 
13th Verse. He says: When the Spirit is come He will 
guide you in all truth: and will show you things to come. 
I want you to notice in the foregoing promises just what 
che promises were, and how far they reached. And in the 
17th chapter of John, you will find where Christ prayed 
to the Father as He said He would, to send the comforter 
and that it should extend on down to all that heard the 
word. Now we will show some of the main texts where 
they received the annointing. Isa. 61:1. Here Isaiah is 
speaking of Christ and his annointing of the Holy Ghost, 
showing his power, glor}^, and mission into the world. 
Luke 4:18 shows that this meant Christ, and the 21st 
verse confirms it. Acts 4:27, is a further proof of Christ's 
annointment, and Acts 10:38, still plainer. Heb. 1:9. 
Here we find that he was annointed above his fellows. 



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1st John 2:20. But ye have an unction (annointing) 
from the Holy One. This shows here that God's people 
are also annointed by the Holy Spirit. 27th Verse says 
it abides in you, and teaches you. 2nd Cor. 1:21. Now, 
He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath 
annointed us, is God. Eph. 1:14. Here it tells us that 
the Holy Spirit that was promised, is an earnest of our 
assurance of our inheritance. Read Webster on Earnest. 
He says earnest, the Christian's peace of mind in this life, 
is an earnest of future peace of mind, or assurance given 
to the saints. 

And now we will show the sealing of this Spirit, or 
God's sanction, sealing the covenant with His blood, giv- 
ing an assurance of our eternal life to the day of redemp- 
tion, if we abide in Him. Isa. 29:23 confirmed Eph. 2:10, 
11, 12. John 3:33. He that hath received his testimony 
hath set to his seal that God is true, Rom. 18:15, 26. 
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to 
fear: but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby, 
we cry, Alba, Father. The Spirit itself maketh interces- 
sion for us. 2nd Cor. 1:22. Who hath also sealed us, 
and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts. NoW T , 
if you will notice in the 21st verse he says the saint is 
stablished and annointed, and the one that does it is God. 
22nd Verse. The}' are sealed and given the earnest of 
the spirit in our hearts; again, 5th chapter, 5th verse— the 
same. Eph. 1:13. We are sealed with that Holy Spirit 
of promise, (and 4th chapter, 30th verse,) and grieve not 
the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the 
day of redemption. This still further proves when 
baptized with the Holy Ghost, that it is the seal of the 



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eovenant, and that the subject is now sealed for eternal 
life under the last state of probation, if he abide in God, 
and if he abide not in God and commit wilful sin, then 
has he sinned against the Holy Ghost, and there remain- 
eth no more remission of sins for him, seeing he has 
crucified the Lord a* second time, and put him to an open 
shame. 

Well, what about the redemption. Luke 2:38 shows 
that the Jews looked for redemption, but expected it in a 
natural way. Luke 21:28. Jesus tells them when and 
how it w f ill come to pass. Paul in Rom. 8:23 tells how 
they themselves having the first fruits of the spirit, must 
wait the redemption of the body. 2nd Cor. 4:14. Know- 
ing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up 
us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. Eph. 
1:14. Here we are informed that we are sealed with the 
Holy Spirit, and preserved until the redemption. 4th 
Chapter, 13-14 Verses. Here he shows that we come to a 
state where we are perfect in Christ, and ready for the 
redemption. Now, we must be born of the Spirit. John 
3:3, 4, 5, 6. Then, if we are born of the Spirit we will 
live after the Spirit, because we will be spiritually 
minded. Now t , our bodies is thetempleof the living God. 
Is it possible that God dwells in us. 1st Cor. 4:16. 
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the 
Spirit of God dvvelleth in you. 17th Verse. If any man 
defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the 
temple of God is holy, which ye are, (Read 18th verse.) 
Now, if it be true that our bodies are the temples of God, 
and it be true that God's spirit dwell in our bodies, and 
the temple be holy, and if any man defiles that temple 



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God will destroy him. Don't you think people who 
claim they have Christ in them and sin, are on dangerous 
ground. Now you either have, or you have not Christ in 
you, and if you have the Spirit of Christ dwelling in you, 
then you are the temple of Christ, and you, your hody is 
holy. Now, if you defile that body, that temple, then 
will God destroy you, for he says so. Now, if you are 
holy you do not sin, or if you do God will destroy you. 
And when you say you sin every day, and say you have 
Christ dwelling in you, then you lie. I don't say this, 
the Scriptures tell you so. Don't you think you had 
better get Christ to dwell in you, and stop lying about it, 
1st Cor. 6:19; 2nd Cor. 6:16. Now, we will give you a 
few witnesses of the Spirit: Luke 1:2; Luke 4:22; Luke 
24:48. Acts 1:8. But ye shall be witnesses unto the 
uttermost parts of the earth, after ye have received the 
Holy Ghost. 21st verse; and 2nd chapter, 32nd verse; 
and 3rd chapter, 15th verse; and 4:20, 33; and 5:32; and 
10:39; and 13:31; 1st Peter 5:1; 2nd Peter 1:16; 1st John 
1:2. For the life w^as manifested, and we have seen it, 
and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life 
which was with the Father, and w T as manifested unto us. 
Now, we have here a summary of the w r ord of God that 
no man dare dispute — without openly insulting God. 
First, the promises of the comforter, the Holy Ghost, 
with its powers and blessings on all God's people. 
Second, showing the annointing of that same Spirit, of 
all God's children, and not only a part as some claim. 
Third, the sealing of the covenant of grace. Now in clos- 
ing this chapter let me say this: According to the word 
of God every man that expects to get to heaven must 



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have his actual sins pardoned, then get sanctified, which 
seals the promise. And let me tell you, God knows His 
people, you can't fool God, and you had better be careful 
how you say you are His, if you are not. John 10:26. 
But ye believed not, because ye are not of my sheep. 
27th Verse. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, 
and they follow me, and I give them eternal life; and they 
shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out 
of my hand. 4th Verse. And when He putteth forth 
His own sheep, He goeth before them, and the sheep fol- 
low Him: for they know His voice. 5th verse says they 
will not follow strangers, thank God. John 7:17. If 
any man will do His will he shall know of the doctrine, 
whether it be of God. Now, His will is your sanctifica- 
tion, you may try to avoid it as you may, but you must 
accept it, because God has declared it, and He cannot lie. 
John 17:14 to 26 proves that there must be a second 
work of grace performed in the heart of the desciples so 
that all might be one in Christ and God, and it would be 
impossible for them to become one in Christ without 
being holy, pure from sin. Acts 2:4 shows when this 
second work is done. 1st Thess. 4:3, 4, 7, 8, shows very 
plainly that there is a new work of grace, even sanctifica- 
tion. 3rd chapter, 12:13. Here the justified are to go 
onto the end, etc., which means the end of the covenant — 
completing the convenant, and being sealed by His blood 
through the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Read 1st Thess. 
1:5, 6; Heb. 12:14; Rom. 13:14 and 14:17; Acts 4:31, 32; 
Titus 3:5, that after work of righteouness that there was 
necessarily the washing of regeneration, and renewing of 
the Holy Ghost. Now r in the 7th verse he tells you 0, 



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so plain, that by His grace we are made heirs, His grace 
is the gift of God, and the gift of God is the Holy Ghost, 
Now, if you will notice, here Paul says he saves us by the 
washing of regeneration, so their must have been a for- 
mer generation or this could not have been a regeneration, 
Again he says, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, so there 
must have been a generating process, and a work of the 
Holy Spirit, else how could there be any regenerating or 
renewing. If you can't see the point here, it is because 
you don't w 7 an't to see it, and I will recommend you to 
often read Titus 1:15, 16. You will find in 2nd Peter 1:19 
a verse that it will be well to consider. Now read 1st 
John 2:15, 20, 29; 1st John 8:9 and 4:1, 13, and 5:17, 18; 
1st Cor. 3:1, 2, 16, 17, 18; and 1st chapter, 27, 28, 29 and 
2nd chapter, 9, 10, 13. 

PAET FIFTH. 

Psa, 14:1. The fool sayeth in his heart there is no God, 
In this chapter the Psalmist is showing how the children 
of Israel had went astray until God looked down and 
found that there was none good, not one that done good, 
And in the 7th verse he says groaning in his spirit, Oh, 
that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion ! when 
the Lord bringeth back the capitvity of His people, Jacob 
shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. Now it is plain 
that David has reference here to Christ when he should 
bring light and salvation through the gospel, and in the 






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1st verse he specially spoke of the wickedness of Israel at 
that day, and not that there never was any that was good, 
or done good. For in Psa. 58:10, 11 he is speaking of the 
Saviour, when he will come to restore the children of 
Israel to a spiritual kingdom. He says in the 11th verse 
he shall see of the travil of his soul, and shall be satisfied: 
(now notice) by his knowledge shall my righteous ser- 
vant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 
You see, that then many shall be justified, and that 
means to be good, and do good, for God is good and hol} T , 
and could not justify any unless they were good and lived 
holy lives. So you see in the very passages of the Scrip- 
tures that you use to justify your selfish, sinful disposi- 
tion, in trying to condemn every man because you are 
selfish, and try to condemn others that you might appear 
justified in the sight of men, you condemn yourself, and 
make God a liar. May God have mercy on your deceitful 
heart. Again in Rom. 3:10: As it is written —there is 
none righteous; no, not one. This refers to David's 
expression made to the backslidden Israel, above quoted, 
and needs no more explanation. Also the 12th verse 
refers to the same thing. Paul refers to these things for 
the express purpose to show^ the people of that day how 
desperately w T icked the children of Israel had become. 
Read the 13th to 19th verses which explains the w 7 hole 
thing, and places you in the eyes of God, in the same con- 
dition w r hen you try to apply'the w r ord of God as you do 
to cover your own ungodly sin, but remember your sin is 
not hidden from the eyes of the Lord, but is covered of 
your own covering, that you might add sin to sin. The 
9*11 verses has the same references to them that will not 



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hear, and any sane man knows that it does not refer to 
true Christians, for they are continually seeking to know 
more of God. Verses 12:18. They are all gone out of the 
way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none 
that doeth good, no, not one. Now, the very expression 
of language used here, goes to show that they were once 
good and profitable, but had all gone astray, etc., and for 
that very reason Jesus Christ came into the world, and 
paid the price of His precious blood that they might by 
faith in Him be redeemed to eternal life. Their throat is 
an open sepulcher; with their tongue they have used 
deceit; the poisons of asps is under their lips; whose 
mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are 
swift to shed blood; destruction and misery are in their 
ways; and the way of peace have they not known; there 
is no fear of God before their eyes. Now any man that 
has a grain of reasoning, knows that brother Paul is 
speaking to the sinner man, in his natural sinful state, 
and not to the Christians at all, that is, those that are 
born of God. For he says Rom 5:1 Therefore being 
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Phill. 2:5. Let this mind be in you, 
which was in Chist Jesus. 6th Verse. Who, being in 
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with 
God. My friend there is a powerful meaning in these 
two verses. Now, if the mind of Christ be in us, then 
will we seek to be like Him*, and we know He did no sin. 
He left us an example, that we should follow His steps, 
who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth, 
1st Tim. 21:22. Again 1st Peter 4:1,2. For as much 
then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm your- 



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selves likewise with the same mind; (Now Christ had no 
mind to sin) for he that hath suffered in the flesh (allud- 
ing to us hath ceased from sin, that he no longer should 
live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, 
hut to the will of God. Notice the last line — to the will 
of God. 1st Thess. 4:3. For this is the will of God, even 
your sanctifcation. Read the 4th, oth. 6th verses, then 
the 7th verse, for God hath not called us unto unclean- 
ness, but unto holiness. Praise the Lord forever. After 
suffering in the flesh we crucify the flesh, and old Adam 
or the carnal mind, destroy it. put it to death, by believ- 
ing we are sealed by the covenant of grace, by sanctifica- 
tion, or being baptized by the Holy Ghost and fire, which 
bums up sin, and destroys the lusts of the flesh. Peter 
exhorted all the strangers scattered through Pontus, 
Gallatia, Cappadocia. Asia and Bithynia to cease from 
sin and live to the will of God, a holy life. Psa. 37:37. 
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; for the 
end of that man is peace. If no man is perfect, why does 
the Psalmist say. ""Mark the perfect man?" But you 
always mark the imperfect, and say look at him, yes, and 
he is just like you. Noah was a perfect man in his gen- 
eration, and a just. Gen. 6:9. Gen. 17:1. And God told 
Abraham to walk before him and be perfect. Do you 
suppose God would command any man to do something 
that he could not do? Deut. 18:3. God told the Levites 
when they came into land which the Lord their God gave 
them, that they should not learn to do after the abomina- 
tions of the nations; but thou shalt be perfect with the 
Lord thy God. Matt. 5:48. Be ye therefore perfect, even 
as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. These are 



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the words of Jesus himself, and I don't think I could 
serve a Christ that commanded me to do a tiling that was 
impossible for me to do, He says He will help us to do it, 
and I can't make Him a liar. I must believe Him for 
He cannot lie. He that is of God heareth tiod's words. 
Paul's farewell to the Corinthians was: Be ye perfect; 
be of one mind. Paul is our preacher, and he would be 
very, foolish, to preach a doctrine, and urge it on others 
that was impossible for himself to live up to its require- 
ments, or others to do the same. Paul admonished Peter 
to preach the word. 1st Cor. 2:6. How be it we speak 
wisdom among them thae are perfect. Mark the words, 
them that are perfect, not that may be, but are perfect. 
"Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ 
let us go on unto perfecti* n." Heb. 6:1. Not towards, 
but to, perfection. Eph. 4:13. So we find Paul urging 
the Hebrews on to perfection, and he says here: "Till we 
all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge 
of the son of God, unto ( What?) a perfect man, (In what?) 
unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. 
Would not that be without sin? Let us, therefore, as 
many as be perfect, be thus minded. Phil. 3:15. You 
see there was some perfect. Heb. 12:2 3. " To the gen- 
eral assembly and church of the first-born which are writ- 
ten in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the 
spirits of just men made ] erfect. You say this means 
spirits gone to heaven; it dees not say so; he is speaking 
to spirits made perfect on earth, who have their names 
written in heaven, justified men perfected, or sanctified. 
Heb. 10:14. For by one offering, he hath perfected for- 
ever them that are sanctified. Not them that may be at 



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death, or Borne other future time, but them that are sanc- 
tified, (present tense). The desciple is not above his 
master; but everyone that is (now) perfect shall be as his 
master. Jesus positively declares it. Praise His Holy 
Name forever and ever, hallelujah! 2nd Cor. 7:1. Hav- 
ing these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse our- 
selves from all filthiness of thefiesh and spirit, perfecting 
holiness in the fear of God. Col. 1:25, 29. I am made a 
minister to fulfill the word of God; even the mystery 
which hath been hid from all ages and from generations, 
but is made manifest to his saints; to whom God w r ould 
make known what is the riches of the glory of this 
mystery among the gentiles, (that means you and me) 
which is Christ in you the hope of glory whom we preach, 
warning every man, and teaching every man in all wis- 
dom, (What for Paul?) that we may present every man 
(How?) perfect in Christ Jesus: whereunto I also labor, 
striving according to His working, which worketh in me 
mightly. You see it did not w r ork w r ater on the outside, 
but the spirit worked mightly in him. Now you see 
Paul in all his suffering, imprisonments, afflictions, etc., 
did not endure all this, and labor to present every man. 
None good, no, not one. No, no, but to present every 
man perfect in Christ Jesus. Praise the Lord. Paul is 
dead, but he still speaks in pow r er. Read the 112th 
Psalm. Rom. 7:12. The commandment is holy, just 
and good. So if we keep the commandments, w r e will be 
holy, just and good. How does that fit you? 2nd Tim. 
3. Paul speaks of a class that were lovers of their own- 
selves, covetous, boasters, proud blasphemers, disobe- 
dient to parents unthankful, unholy. These are they 



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that fight holiness, they that are not holy themselves, 
and don't want to believe any one else is. They are with- 
out natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incon- 
tinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good. And now 
3^011 see that some people are good, and some are not, 
and some of these that are not good, are traitors, heady, 
high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of 
God; having a form of Godliness, but denying the power 
thereof, (that is holiness) from such turn away. But 
says one, don't the Bible say, u He that liveth and saith 
he sinneth not, is a liar and the truth is not in him?" 
Certainly not but it does say, u He that saith, I know 
Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and 
the truth is not in him." But whoso keepeth His word, 
in him, verily is the love of God perfected.— 1st John 
2:4, 5. You see he is perfected. Heb. 10:14. And the 
commandment is, be ye holy (present tense) for I am 
holy. Now, if you obey this commandment, will you 
not be holy? Then it saith, he that commiteth sin is of 
the devil. 1st John 3:8, 9. In this the children of God 
are manifest, and the children of the devil. (Verse 10.) 
This is plain, God's children do not sin, and the devil's 
do. When you sin you still belong to your father, the 
devil, and the only way for you to do, is to get on safe 
terms with God, to repent of your sins, get sanctified; 
that is get the carnal desires killed in your heart, and 
live without sinning. Do not think for one moment, 
that because you do not profess holiness, or heart perfec- 
tion, that you are licensed to sin, for God cannot look on 
sin with the least degree of allowance. 1st John 5:18. 
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; 



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but he that is begotten of God kee} eth himself, and that 
wicked one toucheth him not. Now, be honest with 
yourself and admit the truth. Is it not self evident, that 
if we are begotten of God, and we keep ourselves, that we 
keep ourselves from sin? for this is what he is talking 
about, and if the wicked one touch us not, it means we sin 
not, for the wicked one is sin and the devil. Shame on 
you for trying to evade the truth. Pre- v. 14:34, says: 
Righteousness exalted a nation: but sin is a reproach to 
any people. Now, righteousness has no sin in it. You 
ministers and peo} le that are teaching that we can't live 
without sin, want to get sin taken out of you, and get to 
God, get the old Adam killed in you, and preach the 
plain truth as it is written in His word, and get your 
reproach taken away, and don't be afraid the people will 
get too good and holy. Here come the weakling, fed and 
raised on sin soup and quotes. 1st John 1:10. If we 
say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and 
His word is not in us. And in another he says: All 
have sinned. Of course, if all had not sinned, there 
w r ould have been no occasion for Christ to have died, and 
made atonement for our sins. But it says, "If we confess 
our sins (plural) He is faithful, and just to forgive us 
our sins.. The sins we have committed, He promises to 
forgive, if we repent and forsake them. But, He does 
not excuse you when you keep on sinning and breaking 
His holy commandments, which is to live holy, and with- 
out sin. For thou art inexcusable 0, man. Now, here 
comes another quotation from 1st John 1:8. If we say 
that we have no sin (sing, number) we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. And I am sorry to say many 



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ministers as well as professed Christians, stumble over 
this, and pervert the word of God, simply because they 
think it an excuse for them to cover their ungodly sins, 
which they have ungodly committed, and cover them- 
selves with a covering which is is not a covering of Gcd. 
This has special reference to the sin of Adam the original 
sin, the carnal mind. For in 7th verse it says: But if 
we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we hare fellow- 
ship one with another, and (What?) the blood of Jesus 
Christ cleanseth us from all s-i-n. Not a part, but a-1-1 
s-i-n. Hallelujah to God! 

I feel that the all cleansing blood of the Lord Jesu^ 
Christ has caused me to enjoy this experience. Glory 
and honor to His name. So you see, s-i-n-s committed 
are forgiven. For w T e would not be likely to ask God to 
forgive us of a thing we never committed. The inherited 
s-i-n, which brother Paul calls the body of sin, in Rom, 
6:6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with 
him, that the body sin (s-i-n) might be destroyed, that 
henceforth we should not serve s-i-n. 7th Verse. For 
he that is dead is freed from sin. Now, if the body of sin 
which is the carnal mind, the inherited sin is crucified, 
(that means killed) in us, then sin is dead in us, and we 
are dead to sin. My God, help the people to get their 
eyes open to the truth. The Bible declares this must be 
done by faith in His word. Acts 15:9. Purifying their 
hearts by faith. Now, if the heart is purified by faith, 
there can be no sin there, for the heart is pure. Acts 
26:18. Sanctified by faith that is in me. That is, faith 
that is in God. Rom. 6:6. Knowing this, that our old 
man is (present tense) crucified with him, (Who? Christ) 



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that the body of sin (the carnal mind) might be destroyed, 
that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is 
dead is freed from sin. You see, if a serpent bite you, as 
long as poison remains, there is danger of death. 11th 
verse He says: Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be 
dead indeed unto sin. Now, you will please tell me, w T as 
Paul a preacher of righteousness to the gentiles, that 
means us, was he crazy? was he a lunatic? as some of you 
call us, who claim that we must be sanctified, and have 
the old man with all his deeds crucified, killed, so that we 
can live without sin, or was Paul a true man of God, and 
spake as the spirit gave him utterance? 11th verse he 
says: What then ? shall we sin, because we are not under 
the law, but under grace? God forbid. Now, you see, 
God forbids us sinning. And you. are foolish even to 
think after God has so often, and so positively forbidden 
you to sin, to think for one moment that you can go on 
sinning, and claim to be a Christian, for a Christian is to 
be Christ like, and He was without sin. "Wherefore 
Jesus also that He might sanctify the people with His 
own blood, suffered without the gate; let us go forth there- 
fore, unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach." 
— Heb. 13:12, 13. Are, or are you not, willing to bear 
reproach; are you willing to forfeit your worldly reputa- 
tion, to be called a fool for Christ's sake?. Then quit 
sinning. Go to Jesus and get what He shed His blood 
for, finish the covenant He made for you by getting sanc- 
tified, and get the seal on your heart, the assurance of 
eternal life. Then witness to the world the fact; live it 
in your every day life, teach it by your Godly conversa- 
tion. Reprove in love, rebuke with long suffering,, kind- 



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ness and doctrine. Don't he afraid to open your mouth 
before the people, cry alond, show what a difference 
between the unclean, and the pure in heart. For Jesus 
said if these hold their peace, 'the very stcr.es will cry out. 
Again Jesus said: If they have persecuted Me, they will 
persecute you also; and if they have called the Master, 
Beelzebub, much more His children of the same house- 
hold. Now, if you covet wealth, and renown, and wish 
to become popular among the people, y< u must not say 
much in favor of holiness, or even associ tte yourself veiy 
much with them that advocate living holy lives. 

"If you want to be popular with the popular churches, 
you must keep your mouth shut about the sisters white- 
washing their faces, wearing artificial flowers, gay plumed 
hats, brass washed jewelry, and gay apparel, and 
elaborate ruffles and flounces, because God in His wisdom 
and loving kindness did not make them good enough look- 
ing for the applause of men. Then the minister that 
desires to become popular must say nothing against his 
church having church fairs, church festivals, church sup- 
pers, church socials; no, for the young people must have 
fun, you know; they would soon get too holy. And then 
t.he church being dedicated to God, the minister must 
propose to build a side room to the church, a side show 
where the wild animals can be shown, where the devil 
can have his fun under the cloak of the church, God pity 
hypocrisy, and deceit. They forget that God says His 
people shall be a holy people, zealous unto good works. 
And they that resist the will of God shall receive to them- 
selves damnation. Jesus Christ drove this kind of people 
out of the temple. Then they forget what Paul says to, 



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Titus. 2:1 2, 3 3 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 

Now read Eph. 4:24. And that ye put on the new man 
which after God is created in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. 27th Verse. Neither give place to the devil. 29th 
Verse. Let no corrupt communications proceed out of your 
mouth. hOth Verse. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of 
God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 
And remember, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of 
the Lord. For if you heed the Bible truths written in 
this little book, and practice them out in your life you 
will be able to say with Paul in Rom. 8:87, £8, £9. Nay, 
in all these things we are more than conquerors through 
Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, 
nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor 
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate 
us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. 

I have no apology to make. If the words of God, and 
His Holy Apostles in this little book, as extracted from 
the Bible hits you and condemns your guilty conscience, 
reader, I have only this to say: It is not my word, but 
the true words of the true, and everlasting God, who will 
judge you and I in the last day. 

I praise God for a full salvation that cleanses from all 

sin, from the very least, and last remains of the carnal 

mind, and keeps us by His power every day, and every 
hour of our lives, that gives us a peace that constantly 
flows in our hearts like a river, that leads us in and out 
of the green pastures of His love, and causes us to bathe 
constantly in the laver of regeneration, and preserves us, 
and seals us at His coming. 

Hallelujah. 
















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